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 ...

Autism Spectrum Disorder is marked by atypical auditory processing that impacts communication. Individuals often exhibit heightened sensitivity to pitch and enhanced discrimination of acoustic details ...

“I think there is something wrong with his [her] hearing,” is a comment I often hear from parents of children on the spectrum, pertaining to the atypical auditory processing they notice in their loved ...

People with autism spectrum disorders commonly have difficulty processing sensory information, which can make busy, bright or loud settings—such as schools, airports and restaurants—stressful or even ...

Supported by a $2 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health, the Auerbach Lab at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology will examine how different genes associated ...

Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) refers to difficulties in how the brain processes auditory information. Individuals with CAPD typically have normal hearing sensitivity but may struggle to ...

For decades, neuroscientists have thought about communication between the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia in a fairly ...

In a recent article published in Nature, researchers investigated the early maturation of sound duration processing, a crucial auditory temporal feature. Study: Early maturation of sound duration ...

Hearing is so effortless for most of us that it’s often difficult to comprehend how much information the brain’s auditory system needs to process and disentangle. It has to take incoming sounds and ...