Children with APD Adelaide cannot verbally follow instructions and express themselves. They may also have difficulty making eye contact and maintaining a steady posture. They may also have trouble understanding sarcasm and humour. This condition looks like a hearing problem, an intellectual disability or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, but it isn’t any of these. It is a central auditory processing disorder. Diagnosis People with APD struggle to hear sounds, distinguish speech from noise and understand words. Symptoms can look similar to those of deafness or hearing loss, intellectual disability, dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It can make diagnosis difficult. To determine if someone has APD, they will undergo a series of tests. These include trials assessing their ability to locate, discriminate and identify different sounds. They will also…