Experts say more research is needed, but some studies have shown that low-gain hearing aids significantly improved speech ...

A small group of people experience no pleasure from music despite normal hearing and intact emotions. Brain imaging reveals ...

Caitlyn McDonald has Autism and Auditory Processing Disorder - a condition that affects how the brain interprets sounds.

VAN BUREN -- The parents of a 22-year-old woman with developmental disabilities attempted to regain custody of her the day before her mother was charged on suspicion of orchestrating her kidnapping ...

Purpose: to analyze neural encoding of speech sounds by Frequency-following response (FFR) and verify whether there are variations in idiopathic speech sound disorder (SSD), according to symptom ...

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EPHRATA — The final layout of a former business recently purchased by the city of Ephrata, and the ultimate fate of the existing Ephrata City Hall, are still to be determined. That will be part of the ...

ADHD creates unique auditory processing challenges where background noise becomes active concentration interference rather than passive environmental sound. Standard acoustic environments often ...

After years of misdiagnosis and psychiatric trial-and-error, I discovered that the real problem wasn’t depression — it was a broken brain circuit. Here’s how I found the map psychiatry forgot. I was ...

Military personnel are particularly at risk for auditory processing difficulties as their training, occupational, and combat experiences increase the likelihood of long-term damage to the auditory ...

Depending on the sensory processing disorder (SPD), the best assistive devices for specific conditions can range from low-tech options to more advanced ones. Either way, the devices should engage the ...