What is Auditory Processing Disorder?
What is Auditory Processing Disorder?
- Auditory Processing Disorder: Failure of the brain to correctly process sound.
- Auditory Processing Disorder: portable peritoneal dialysis using the continuous (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) presence of peritoneal dialysis solution in the peritoneal cavity except for periods of drainage and instillation of fresh solution.
Source - Diseases Database
Auditory Processing Disorder is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Auditory Processing Disorder, or a subtype of Auditory Processing Disorder,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Auditory Processing Disorder: Introduction
Types of Auditory Processing Disorder:
Broader types of Auditory Processing Disorder:
How serious is Auditory Processing Disorder?
Complications of Auditory Processing Disorder:
see complications of Auditory Processing Disorder
What causes Auditory Processing Disorder?
Causes of Auditory Processing Disorder: see causes of Auditory Processing Disorder
Cause of Auditory Processing Disorder: Unknown cause; related to brain processing.
What are the symptoms of Auditory Processing Disorder?
Symptoms of Auditory Processing Disorder:
see symptoms of Auditory Processing Disorder
Complications of Auditory Processing Disorder:
see complications of Auditory Processing Disorder
Auditory Processing Disorder: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Auditory Processing Disorder.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Auditory Processing Disorder.
How is it treated?
Doctors and Medical Specialists for Auditory Processing Disorder: Pediatrician, Audiologist, Speech pathologist
;
see also doctors and medical specialists for Auditory Processing Disorder.
Treatments for Auditory Processing Disorder:
see treatments for Auditory Processing Disorder
Research for Auditory Processing Disorder:
see research for Auditory Processing Disorder
Organs Affected by Auditory Processing Disorder:
Organs and body systems related to Auditory Processing Disorder include:
Name and Aliases of Auditory Processing Disorder
Main name of condition: Auditory Processing Disorder
Other names or spellings for Auditory Processing Disorder:
APD, Central Auditory Processing Disorder, CAPD, auditory perception problem, auditory comprehension deficit, central auditory dysfunction, central deafness, word deafness
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Source - Diseases Database
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Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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