Checklist for auditory processing disorders (APD):

• Does your child find it hard to follow spoken directions, especially multi-step instructions?
• Does your child ask speakers to repeat what they’ve said, or saying, “huh?” or “what?”
• Is your child easily distracted or upset, especially by background noise or loud and sudden noises?
• Does your child have trouble with reading and spelling, which require the ability to process and interpret sounds?
• Does your child struggle with oral (word) math problems?
• Does your child find it hard to follow conversations?
• Does your child have a poor musical ability or find it hard to learn songs or nursery rhymes?
• Does your child have trouble remembering details of what was read or heard (memory)
• Does your child have communication problems?
• Do you struggle to hear or understand what your child said?
• Does your child struggle to tell stories or jokes?
• Does your child struggle to concentrate, to focus on one activity?
• Does your child seem unsure/uncertain/emotional?
• Does your child have normal hearing?
• Does your child confuse similar words or sounds, e.g. “big” > “bit”?
• Does your child put the volume of music or television unusually high or unusually low?
• Does your child exhibit poor fine motor skills (using scissors, writing neatly, holding a pencil, etc)?
• Does your child exhibit poor gross motor skills (catching a ball, skipping, swimming, etc)?
• Can your child perform the same simple physical activities that others of the same age can do?
• Does your child fall over and loses balance easily or handles objects clumsily?
• Does your child have poor personal organisation (operating within time limits, approaching tasks in a logical order, etc)?
• Does your child become frustrated, overwhelmed or irritated more easily than most children?

In addition to working through this checklist, you should also compare your child’s development to the age-group milestones listed in this Auditory Processing Norms.

A delay in your child’s development at an early age will have a more severe effect later-on. If you are in any way concerned, rather bring her to me for a professional assessment.