Auditory Processing Question

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Hey,

Ok so, I have bilateral cochlear implants and I hear pretty good with the two of them.

When I was born though, I was diagonosed with a hearing loss in both ears. My mom felt there was something else wrong, and has fought with docters for years, that I also had auditory processing.

So, I am not excatley sure if I do have auditory processing because I can't seem to find on Google, a deaf/hearing impaired person who also has auditory processing.

I do not know excatley what it is and wondered about your opinion on this.

I think I may have it because.. I noticed a few times, someone says something to me... but the words gets lost inside my head, like I could hear the person but the words would not make sense.

A few times, I would mix words into sentences to try figure out what a person said, usually a compliment. (When I'm alone, and I'm trying to figure out what was said) - I swear it's one of my favourite activies lol. >.<

But again, I don't know if deaf/hearing impaired people go through all this.

I'll also mention, I'm oral, I lipread, and I don't sign. I know some sign language because sign language was my first language.
 
I have hearing within a normal range, but I can assure you that

you're not the only one saying "Let me jacket my grab" or "I need a soup to eat spoon" or keep hearing weird stuff like "I maybe slop orb" (I'm making some popcorn). ;)

But it seems on alldeaf, there isn't very many audio processing disorder (APD) people here.
I've seen more interest in APD from ADD/ADHD communities, since one of the problems with APD is that you hear something, you made out what it means, but you can't recall verbal directions later.
 
shimo said:
since one of the problems with APD is that you hear something, you made out what it means, but you can't recall verbal directions later.
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My problem is that I can't understand what people are saying. I can hear fine but I can't make out the meaning.
 
I'm reading the book "when the brain can't hear" it's about APD. If you think you might have it you might want to take a look.
 
shimo said:
But it seems on alldeaf, there isn't very many audio processing disorder (APD) people here.
I've seen more interest in APD from ADD/ADHD communities, since one of the problems with APD is that you hear something, you made out what it means, but you can't recall verbal directions later.
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There are actaully about a dozen of us (who post fairly regularly) with APD.

As a matter of correction - with APD often we don't understand what is said AND have recall issues. It's not a memory condition (ie "I heard it, but forgot it"), it's a distortion in how the brain actaully "hears" speech at all and then processes it.
 
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