Hearing starts with sound vibration, which becomes neural signals, which are brought up to the brain, where the sounds become all kinds of things we recognize, including words. Kids with hearing loss can be misdiagnosed. Without a hearing test, hearing loss can be confused with developmental delay, ADD, or defiance. And if there is a Central Processing Disorder, hearing can be difficult even when the standard pure tone hearing test is normal. That’s because the problem is higher up in the brain where speech sounds are decoded into words.

About Central Processing Disorder

Here is an online screening test:

Central Processing Disorder screening questionnaire

If there is any question about hearing loss, get it checked out by an audiologist and an ear, nose, and throat doctor.