Uniquely Gifted

Speech/Hearing/Auditory Processing Issues

Contents

• Speech problems (Apraxia/Dyspraxia/Word Finding/Expressive Language Difficulties)
• Auditory Processing (CAPD, APD)/Hearing Impairment

Please note: Being listed here is not per se an endorsement of any particular site or email list. I have included annotations for those sites or lists that I am familiar with and strongly recommend.

Speech Problems (Apraxia/Dyspraxia/Word Finding/Expressive Language Difficulties)

Sites

Apraxia-Kids - focused on childhood apraxia of speech
http://www.apraxia-kids.org

Apraxia-Kids Listserv:
http://www.apraxia-kids.org/talk/subscribe.html

A "library" of resources with links compiled by Judith Maginnis Kuster, certified SLP and associate professor in the Department of Communication Disorders and Rehabilitation Services at Minnesota State University:
http://www.communicationdisorders.com

The Dyspraxia Foundation - a British site that includes info on local support groups, focused more on the developmental coordination disorder aspect of dyspraxia.
http://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk

Speech Teach UK is a website for parents and professionals supporting children with communication difficulties, with information, resources and personal advice:
http://www.speechteach.co.uk

Speechville Express - information for families, educators, and medical professionals on communication delays and disorders in children:
http://www.speechville.com/

Stuttering Foundation of America provides free online resources, services and support for those who stutter and their families.
http://www.stutteringhelp.com

According to the Word Finding website "Students challenged with word finding have difficulty retrieving words in the presence of good comprehension of the words that they are unable to find. They appear not to know answers when in reality they know, but are unable to express their knowledge. These students may exhibit problems retrieving specific words in single word retrieval contexts and in discourse."
http://www.wordfinding.com/

Email Lists

Apraxia-Kids Listserv:
http://www.apraxia-kids.org/talk/subscribe.html

Latetalkers: an email list to discuss developmental speech delays caused by apraxia (dyspraxia), phonological disorders, autism spectrum disorders, learning disabilities, or other causes. Open to family, speech language pathologists, medical professionals, students & educators.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/latetalkers/

Speech Delays sponsors chats:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speechdelays/

                                                Books on Language Difficulties

Childhood Speech, Language, and Listening Problems: What Every Parent Should Know by Patricia McAleer Hamaguchi. John Wiley & Sons.

The Late Talker: What to Do If Your Child Isn't Talking Yet by Marilyn Agin, Lisa Geng & Malcolm Nicholl. Although mostly focused on apraxia, has good discussions of diagnosis, treatment, and getting what your child needs from schools and insurance companies.

Auditory Processing (CAPD, APD)/Hearing Impairment

Sites

Children with auditory processing problems have trouble understanding spoken information, even though their hearing may be fine in terms of acuity.  The standard hearing test, involving detection of tones, will not pick up these problems - the child must be tested by an audiologist trained in assessing auditory processing. A child who has auditory processing problems may appear to have ADD, due to problems attending to spoken information.  To find a provider in your area, go to  http://pages.cthome.net/cbristol/capd-rf1.html which has links for a variety of geographic areas.

The article CAPD and the Gifted Child:  The Relevance of Central Auditory Processing Deficit to Gifted Education by Kay Pittelkow discusses issues of recognizing CAPD in gifted children, types of auditory processing deficits, and assessment.

The Florida Board of Education put together a technical paper that provides extensive information on assessment and remediation of CAPD.  Very technical reading, but lots of very useful information including extensive appendices.
http://www.firn.edu/doe/commhome/pdf/y2001-9.pdf

CAPD Parents’ Page
http://pages.cthome.net/cbristol/capd.html

National Coalition for Auditory Processing Disorders (NCAPD)
http://www.ncapd.org

“Central Auditory Processing Disorder: When is Evaluation Referral Indicated?”, by Sandra Cleveland, M.S.
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/process_deficit/adhdreport_capd.html

Center for Central Auditory Research
http://www.engr.colostate.edu/ece/Research/cad/

This site has a good brief description of CAPD and how to help children with it:
http://members.aol.com/HERDEWE/

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
http://www.asha.org

American Academy of Audiology (AAA)
http://www.audiology.org

Tartan Products has a page of useful CAPD links
http://www.capdtest.com/capd.cfm

The CAPD email list is open to anyone with an interest in central auditory processing disorders.
To join or leave the CAPD list: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?SUBED1=capd&A=1

There is also a Yahoo group on auditory processing
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AuditoryProcessing/

The About.com Special Needs guide has a section on hearing impairment
http://specialchildren.about.com/cs/hearingimpairment/

SERI (Special Education Resources on the Internet) has a section on Hearing Impairment resources
http://seriweb.com/hearing.htm

Email Lists

                                             Books on Auditory Processing

Auditory Processes by Pamela Gillet. Academic Therapy Publications.

Central Auditory Processing Disorders: Mostly Management by M. Gay Masters, G. Master, Nancy A. Stecker, Jack Katz. Allyn & Bacon.

Childhood Speech, Language, and Listening Problems: What Every Parent Should Know by Patricia McAleer Hamaguchi. John Wiley & Sons.

Like Sound Through Water : A Mother's Journey Through Auditory Processing Disorder by Karen J. Foli. Pocket Books.

When the Brain Can't Hear: Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing Disorder by Teri James Bellis. Pocket Books.  Lucid in-depth discussion of auditory processing disorders - a must-read!

Overwhelmed by all the terminology and abbreviations? In addition to the acronyms page at this site, there's an excellent Dictionary for Parents of Children with Disabilities (in PDF format, you need Adobe Acrobat to read it) at http://www.usd.edu/cd/dictionary/.  It is also available as a website (but may take a long time to load) at http://www.usd.edu/cd/dictionary/dictionary.htm
There's a shorter "Glossary and Guide to Acronyms" (also in PDF) by Leslie Packer, Ph.D., at http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/Files/Conditions/Glossary2002.pdf
Another dictionary can be found at http://www.feat.org/legal/speddict.htm and another list of acronyms at http://www.feat.org/legal/terms.html. 

Last updated Tuesday March 29, 2005

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