The impact of a central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) on job performance, social interactions, and classroom learning is enormous! Although it is more common to be diagnosed with a (central) auditory processing disorder as a child, sometimes symptoms develop as we age or result following a stroke or head injury. Many adults with CAPD report that speech sounds ‘garbled’. Symptoms that adults with auditory processing disorders often report include:
- Sensitivity to sound
- Inability to detect changes in pitch
- Difficulty following multistep directions
- Being a poor speller
- Difficulty recalling lists of information, such as a grocery list left at home
- Difficulty following conversations with friends and colleagues when more than one person is speaking
- Difficulty understanding speech in noise
- Difficulty with reading comprehension
