Medically reviewed by Sukaina Hasnie, MD Key Takeaways Auditory processing disorder (APD) in adults can lead to issues like communication problems, poor social skills, and depression.APD is linked to ...

Congenital amusia, often referred to as tone-deafness, is a neurodevelopmental disorder that specifically impairs the fine-grained discrimination of pitch. This condition affects a small but ...

Increasing the expression of a protein responsible for maintaining neuron health led to better-than-normal processing of auditory information, according to a new study. The findings open the door to ...

Ear infections are a common childhood experience, but a new study suggests parents should take these infections seriously to preserve their children's language development. That's because each ear ...

This quote is from the Sensory Gating Inventory (SGI), a tool that captures the lived experience of sensory processing disorders from a patient’s perspective. These align with neurophysiological ...

Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) presents unique challenges for educators, especially when teaching reading skills. Children with APD process sounds differently than their peers, making it difficult ...

In the development of Parkinson’s disease, it may not be a good idea to turn the amp to 11. High-volume noise exposure produced motor deficits in a mouse model of early-stage Parkinson’s disease, and ...