What is auditory processing? - 2008-08-07
Auditory processing is the term used to describe what happens when your brain recognizes and interprets the sounds around you. Our ears do two different things. Our ears hear a sound, thats called acuity. But they also differentiate sounds. We recognize that /fay/ is different from /say/ is different from /they/.
Those with poor auditory processing skills can't retain or discriminate sounds very well. The sounds don't have a reference or meaning. So these sounds are often blocked or ignored. You can't use what you don't understand.
Don Harris, MS, CCC-SLP
Certified Speech Language Pathologist
www.SpeechAndListening.com
