My hearing is normal, but I’m still struggling to understand what is said.

We are here to help.

Parents

Try the APDQ Parent screening tool for 7 - 18 year olds to check if an APD assessment may be appropriate for your child.

Mark yourself as the rater (Parent) and include your email address for the results.

If you consent to Hear.Think.Speak Audiology reaching out to you, include hello@hearthinkspeak.com.au and a copy of the results will be shared with the clinic. We will be happy to discuss the screening results and help you decide where to next for your child.

Professionals

Try the APD Referral Checklist to check if your student or client should seek an APD assessment.

If you are a Medical Officer, Teacher or Allied Health Practitioner such as a Speech Pathologist or Psychologist working with children, mark any listening difficulties you have observed. Mark any known risk factors for APD as well. Send your completed form and referral letter to hello@hearthinkspeak.com.au or via HealthLink with the EDI htsaudio and we will contact the family to arrange an appointment.

This fillable form has been generated from the New Zealand Guidelines on Auditory Processing Disorder and the full document can be accessed NZ-APD-GUIDELINES-2019.pdf

Auditory Processing Disorder

  • Where to start before your APD assessment at Hear.Think.Speak Audiology?

    Where to start?

    Hear.Think.Speak Audiology offers APD testing from age 7 years to 50 years.

    Before we assess for an APD, we need to determine if you or your child are a candidate for an APD assessment. Significant known challenges with language, cognitive function or a pre-existing hearing loss may invalidate any APD assessments.

    We are happy to work with you or your child to understand whether the challenges you present with may be an APD or whether they are better explained by other conditions.

    What should my next steps be? Please book a Long Consultation, so that a hearing and ear health assessment can be completed to rule out any peripheral hearing loss or ear health issue. Bring all Speech Pathology, Educational Psychology, ENT letters or reports from a Paediatrician with you to the appointment. Using all of this information, we will determine a path forward towards an APD assessment or Medical, Educational or Allied Health evaluations.

  • Children's Audiologist, Adelaide conducting hearing test on a child in Adelaide, South Australia

    APD assessment

    You’ve completed your peripheral hearing assessment and met the criteria to move forward with an APD assessment. What should you expect?

    - a comprehensive assessment of you or your child’s auditory processing skills

    - completion of questionnaires for the patient, parents and teachers

    - a site visit to your child’s School if this would be of benefit to understanding their listening context

    - a detailed report outlining all of the assessment results, questionnaire feedback and clinic or school visit observations

    - an individualised intervention plan for you or your child

  • CAPDOTS Integrated, image from capdots.com an online therapy training program for auditory processing disorder

    Management and Remediation of APD

    Learn about the intervention options available for APD at Hear.Think.Speak Audiology.

    Management of APD

    Your detailed report will outline the recommended compensation strategies for managing APD. Remote Microphone technology may also be recommended. Hear.Think.Speak Audiology partners with Phonak to provide Roger technology which is designed to overcome challenging listening conditions such as noisy classrooms, speech from a distance and rooms with poor acoustics.

    Remediation of APD

    The results of your APD assessment will identify specific areas of auditory skill development that would benefit from therapeutic interventions. Hear.Think.Speak Audiology are Qualified Service Providers (QSP) for CAPDOTS - Integrated (CAPD Online Therapy Solution). This web-based program can be delivered at home after initial training in clinic. Hear.Think.Speak Audiology will collaborate with Speech Pathologists and Educational Psychologists who deliver language-based therapy to teach children the skills needed to improve academic performance and communication skills.