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When the Brain Can't Hear : Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing Disorder
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 305
EAN: 9780743428644
ISBN: 0743428641
Label: Atria
Manufacturer: Atria
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: July 22, 2003
Publisher: Atria
Studio: Atria
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Editorial Review:
In this landmark book, Dr. Teri James Bellis, one of the world's leading authorities on auditory processing disorder (APD), explains the nature of this devastating condition and provides insightful case studies that illustrate its effect on the lives of its sufferers.
Millions of Americans struggle silently with APD. For many of them, holding a simple conversation can be next to impossible. As sound travels through an imperfect auditory pathway, words become jumbled, distorted, and unintelligible. As Dr. Bellis notes, the most profound impact of this highly specific impediment to auditory comprehension may be on the young. Facing a severely reduced ability to read, spell, comprehend, and communicate, children with APD are subject to anxiety, academic failure, and a damaged sense of self. Often, they are misdiagnosed.
Discussing the latest and most promising clinical advances and treatment options, and providing a host of proven strategies for coping, Dr. Bellis takes much of the mystery out of APD. If you or anyone you know has difficulty comprehending spoken language, or if your child is struggling in school, this important book may have the answers you need.
"APD has been called the auditory equivalent of dyslexia, and its debilitatiting effects cross all ages, genders, and races. APD can cause children to fail in school and adults to suffer socially and in their careers, but until now, there has been little information available. Written by Dr. Teri James Bellis, one of the world's foremost authorities on APD, this is the first book on the subject that is completely accessible to the public. Through helpful checklists and case studies, you'll finally discover the answers you need, as well as proven strategies for living with APD. Comprehensive and powerfully prescriptive, this book contains vital information for anyone who suffers from this serious disorder. "
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Must-read book for anyone with APD
Do yourself and your loved one a favor: become knowledgeable about the full implications of life with an auditory processing disorder. This well-written, approachable book is an outstanding reference for parents and teachers who must live with, work with, and advocate for, children and adults who struggle with receiving information from the world around them.
Rating: - BEST BOOK ON AUDITORY PROCESSING FOR PARENTS
I love this book as even the title has been very helpful in explaining the unique challenges that face my son to family and teachers.
Information about Auditory Processing Disorder is not wisely available. What is out there is brief, repetitive and minimal. I find lot of textbooks at a cost $100+/- but this is the only lay person book I have found that does the subject juctice.
Even Speech Lanuage Therapist do not have a good undertanding of this disorder unless they specialize ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent resource for parents!
I bought this book because my daughter was diagnosed as probably having Auditory Processing Disorder (she's too young to take the auditory tests yet). We were very worried that she might be on the autism spectrum but she is so social and doesn't do the stereotypical "lining up" or wheel spinning type play and she doesn't do any stims...it turns out that she has APD.
This book is a great resource. I've loaned it to her teachers at her regular preschool and her summer camp to help them understand ... Read More
Rating: - Better late than never.
It's taken a long time for this disorder to be recognized for what it is and it still has a long way to go in becoming more well known. The book is not an easy read, but then the disorder is not easily diagnosed either. Hopefully someone will write about Central Auditory Processing Disorders to suppliment this complex and intensive book for the sake of learning how to explain this highly unknown handicap to those who have trouble understanding that it is not a hearing loss problem but rather an auditory information ... Read More
Rating: - Loved this book
This book is indispensible for the audiologist/SLP/parent/professional working with APD. I only wish we could have read this one BEFORE the text books in grad school..would have made much more sense. Very nicely written, presenting of scenarios was important...more info to assimilate to your childs difficulty. May of seemed cut and dry to some, but if it was not, you would be reading the unabridged version and toting it on wheels. Not everyone uses the same categorization strategy...but that is the beauty of research ... Read More
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