Auditory Processing Disorder - APD Support

18/11/2025

👋 Hi there. Dr. Angela here.

A man reached out to me to see if I would review his children’s book about APD before it went to press.

That communication ended up being the beginning of a really cool friendship where I got to learn more about him, his journey, and he let me play around with some of the wording in his manuscript.

I know how much time, effort, and money Cliff Edwards invested in his book, Tuning In To Alex, to become another helpful resource as part of the APD process for children.

A few weeks ago, I received this beautiful message from Amanda Ball Levy, Au.D. :

“I put 'Tuning In To Alex' on my waiting room coffee table. Yesterday, when I finished therapy with a teen, her mom was reading it with tears in her eyes and said how much she wished she’d had the book when her daughter was younger. It’s really so great!”

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Cliff surprised me by featuring me on the front cover alongside his own. While I don’t deserve that credit, I feel so honored that he included me in his project.

Thank you, Cliff! Good luck with your book sales. ❤️

Amazon.com: Tuning in to Alex: Understanding Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) for Children and their Champions: 9781923265783: Edwards, Cliff, Acreman, Bridget, Loucks Alexander, Angela, Edwards, Lyla-Mae, Espirito Santo, Briana, Mutton, Vanda, Fletcher, Rebecca: Books

23/10/2025

Our documentary short film “Between Two Ears” is finally available on YouTube.

See the link here or in our bio: linktr.ee/BetweenTwoEars

Please note there is also a link to our clean language version.

Let us know what you think! ❤️

17/10/2025

If everyone with cochlear implants and hearing aids watched this film that launched yesterday, we could help more people be successful with their hearing devices.

This film is captioned. Please click the CC in the lower right corner.

This 18-minute documentary explores the intricacies of auditory processing and the brain's remarkable ability to relearn sound, illustrated through the fasci...

22/08/2025

ALL TEACHERS NEED TO HEAR THIS!!!

Have you ever considered that a student might not be able to “read inside their head”?

A woman who is anauralic (with no internal dialogue) told me this story:

When her class had silent reading time as a kid, she’d whisper the words to herself to help her comprehend the text. Her teacher, not knowing this was a “thing”, told her she needed to read silently, in her head.

For a child with anauralia, this is impossible.

The woman explained she was left staring at a book, unable to understand a single word.

This isn’t a disorder, disease, pathology, or learning disability. It’s a different way of experiencing the world. Research suggests that as much as 4% of the population may have anauralia.

What seems like a basic, shared human experience to us might be a significant barrier for some of our students. How many of our students are we failing by not knowing this?

04/04/2025

Do you mind sharing this post?

Today is Auditory Processing Disorder Awareness Day. Research suggests between 3-7% of the population has this treatable condition.

People who experience this often need repetition, can struggle to remember what they hear, and can have difficulties hearing in background noise regardless of results on hearing tests.

Testing used to be restricted to older children, however we now have tools that can assess auditory processing as young as 3.5 years of age! We can also adapt testing for hearing loss or neurodivergence.

We can treat APD with one-on-one auditory training (either in-person or online), in group therapy with skilled clinicians, and through other technologies such as amplification or supplemental therapy apps.

You can find a clinician near you who tests and treats this condition here:

APDsupport.com/apdmap

04/04/2025

Find licensed audiologists and SLPs who can help you with our new online directory launching TODAY on APDsupport.com/apdmap!

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02/04/2025

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01/04/2025

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30/03/2025

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