Auditory processing disorder (APD) in adults can lead to communication problems, poor social skills, depression, and impacts on daily function similar to those experienced by people with hearing loss.

Auditory processing issues are common in children with autism spectrum disorder. Yet there are no set standards for testing for what doctors call auditory processing disorder — when the brain's ...

Average scores on central auditory processing tests were significantly lower in the group with dementia and in the group with mild memory impairment than in the control group without memory problems.

As many as seven per cent of children suffer Auditory Processing Disorder (APD), a condition where the brain fails to process sounds properly. Experts hope the new diagnostic method will give ...

Auditory event-related potentials (AERP) are neurophysiological correlates of sound perception and cognitive processes. Our aim was to study in very preterm born children at preschool age if AERP ...

Increasing the expression of a protein responsible for maintaining neuron health led to better-than-normal processing of auditory information, according to a new study. The findings open the door to ...

Recent studies have shed light on a fascinating connection between intelligence quotient (IQ) and auditory processing. These ...

July 23 -- TUESDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- Mild memory impairment may be associated with a sound processing disorder called central auditory processing dysfunction, say U.S. researchers. People ...