Central auditory processing disorder occurs in between 3% and 5% of Americans, according to Hear-It.org. While this condition is poorly understood, it impacts millions of people in very real ways. So, what is CAPD? Are there therapy options available? This brief guide...
Entering kindergarten marks a milestone in every child’s education. As they begin school and start to learn reading, parents should do everything they can to support their kids’ development and help them master the new skills they’re learning. One of the most...
Today, more people in the world are bilingual than monolingual. In addition to making communication easier across cultures, learning another language has cognitive advantages. Research shows that people who speak two languages can multi-task better than those who are...
For every 1,000 births in the U.S., it’s estimated that two to three children have hearing loss in one or both of their ears. Many of these kids will attend school and struggle due to their disability, yet remain undiagnosed. Luckily, though, many will receive the...
Pediatric hearing loss is sometimes the undiscovered root cause for challenges in the classroom. However, aside from having profound hearing loss or being deaf, a broad spectrum of students are hard of hearing due to prolonged or short-term causes. Often students are...