Central Auditory Processing Disorder | ADHD Information

   CoMORBID or coexisting . . . which sounds betteR ?

I agree . . . Coexisting does sound better.   

                                          

Now back to our regulary scheduled program . . .

Wow, those symptoms are really similar to ADHD. I have at times had all of those symptoms.Does anyone here have it comorbid with their ADHD?  I'm just finding out about this and I am wondering if I might have it, also.  Here's a definition:

n simple terms, CAPD is defined as when a hearing person hears words spoken, but their brain can not process the words normally.

Children with CAPD may exhibit the following symptoms:

Have trouble associating sounds with their meaningsVerbally indicate that they don't understandNot respond consistently to the same soundsMisunderstand a lotWant things repeated a lotBe easily distractedHave trouble following oral directionsNot receive or express language wellHave a slow response to verbal instructionsMake mistakes repeating things that are said to themHave trouble remembering things they hearWell this all sounds like me -- people often think I'm stupid when they first meet me because I don't take cues well and have problems following a conversation, especially if its a noisy work environment.  I have to be able to *read* them as a person before I can understand and speak comfortably with them.  I can't follow directions, am always misunderstanding people, and even though i may hear perfectly what someone said, I will ask them to repeat it because I didn't understand it!  I always thought I was stupid, too.  Maybe I still am :)  But anyway, CAPD also explains alot of my ADHD symptoms, too.  It doesnt explain, however, the motor in my head which I believe to be ADHD. 

Anyway, anyone know anything about this?  Everywhere I look online they talk about it in children -- like there is no such thing as an adult finding out they have it!  Is there no such thing??

I wonder if I had that as a child.  I spent a lot of time where adults all sounded to me like the "Peanuts" adults.  They'd ask me something and to me it sounded like "wah wah-wah wah wahhhhh!".  I'd shake my head and either just nod and pretend I understood, or ask if I felt safe.  Most times nod.  Trouble followed.

I feel like it disappeared (or changed enough to live ok) about age 14 or 15.  I do remember there was no fine line where I began to understand but by adulthood I can understand when someone says something to me.  Now - if I'm in a crowd, or in the factory where the earplugs, machine noise and distraction hits me I can feel like it's all "wah wah" but if I really work at it there's no big deal.

Maybe I did have it - or my ADHD is so similar it just seemed that way.  Sounds like it sucks.

That sounds like my son. He always had so much trouble in school because of those very symptoms. I never realized there was a name for it besides ADHD. However, for the past month and a half (in 2nd grade) he's been a miracle child. After practically telling us to put him on meds, his teacher, by the time conferences rolled around, told us not to stop what we were doing because it was working. It was a wonderful thing to hear. We had jumped in with both feet doing every alternative therapy and supplement possible and he's like a miracle child. We don't have to tell him twice to do things, he seems so in-tune, he doesn't forget, he's so responsible and his work is amazing. Suddenly, people can tell that he is brilliant when they used to think he was dumb.capd is assessed by an audiologist.. there are a range of tests that they conduct to see if there is a problem.. unlike adhd, there is a definitive assessment and the results are very clear..
capd can stand alone or be a comorbid of adhd..

many ppl dx with adhd actually have capd... my dd for example has too many other issues that cannot be explained by capd dx alone.. many others though have had their dx changed to capd after rigourous testing..

hope this helps..