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"I can hear you, but what did you say?"

Auditory Processing Reaches Far Beyond the Ability to Hear

Auditory skills include:

	Attend to auditory stimuli		Isolation of Sounds
	Discrimination		Reception
	Sequencing		Interpretation
	Memory		Ability to process and respond
	Perception		Ability to fuse sounds receive by both ears
	Identification of sound		into one unified impression
	Organization

Auditory processing issues often go undetected. Therefore, behaviors and inappropriate responses by children or adults are apt to be misinterpreted as non-compliant, incorrigible or defiant behavior.

Following are behaviors to watch for:

	Tunes out		Memory
	Difficulty following oral directions		Reading/Language
	Need for repetition of words and phrases		Difficulty grasping meaning
	Communication skills		Inappropriate responses
	Attention		Need for white noise
	Comprehension		Organization

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