Auditory processing disorder (APD) is a term that is often used to describe people with normal hearing who have listening difficulties. Typical indications are difficulties listening in noise, understanding and following verbal instructions and poor auditory memory. There has been very little research into APD, so we are presently not sure what goes wrong, or even how common it is. Although most of our research to date has been with children, adults can also have APD.
If you have APD, click here to read a statement of IHR's progress researching and developing tests for APD.
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Research Projects
- An overview of APD research and recent developments.
- The IHR multi-centre Study of Auditory Processing (IMAP) study
- The IMAP Field Test collaboration
Further details of this work can be found in the IHR Research Programme.
The APD Group
The research team is made up of members of the Institute's Nottingham University and Nottingham Clinical sections.
What's new
- 3rd October 2008 - IMAP Study: A page has been added listing the titles and abstracts of projects being undertaken by IMAP field test collaborators.
- 1st August 2008 - IMAP Study: final test numbers released
- 16th July 2008 - Final day of testing!
- 28th February 2008 - the 1000th child has been tested!
- 1st November 2007 - details of the IMAP Field Test collaboration are now available
Click here for older news items.
Documents and Abstracts
A selection of documents and conference abstracts concerning APD are available, including recent publications and an introductory leaflet for parents.