Hi, I wanted to talk to you about Learning Difficulties, Processing Disorders and playing sports, in particular Roller Derby and Auditory Processing Disorder.
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) is like this sister to Dyslexia in that APD is a difficulty with processing sound, Dyslexia is a difficulty with processing language. APD is where your hearing is perfect, you dont need a hearing aid, but you cant hear clearly because your brain does not process the information correctly. Sounds and speech get a bit jumbled up on the way in and out. It can also mean you find things like following instructions, talking in sequence and finding the words