Guest guest Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 Okay, so the next course of action was to take my son (who is now 3) to a neurologist. In watching him for just a few minutes interacting with us and his 21month old sister, the doctor felt that his speech and language delays were not due to hypotonia (or not solely), but to dyspraxia and central auditory processing dysfunction (disorder, syndrome, what have you). He also seemed to think that when my son became sick at 11 months and stopped eating (the doctors never definitively found a cause), he might have suffered from an undiagnosed encephalitis (how terrifying is that). I had told him about how his hypotonia was undiagnosed until 30 months (it's that slight), and I also mentioned that before he became sick, he was speaking some words, and speaking them well, and that after he didn't speak for 6 months, and that when he did start speaking again, some of the words which were formerly comprehensible were now unintelligible. Have any other parents here experienced anything like this? Does anyone here have a child with CAPD, and, if so, what symptoms do you see? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 - I have read up on CAPD because I think my son has it. Most audiologist will not DX until age 7. Some will younger. Lucker is an expert in the field he has a backround in both speech and audiology. His office is in the DC area and he charges about $800 for an eval, but he will see children under 7. I read two books that I would recommend if you are interested in learning more. One is " like sound through water " written by a mom. Another is " when the brain can't hear " by Bellis she is an audiologist with an expertise in CAPD. Most respected and accepted therapy is Fast forward or earobics both are difficult to implement under age 7. Another approach that is less respected because there are no great studies to support it is Auditory integretion therapy. One was invented by tomatis the other is by berard. they have a similar approach with a slight variation. Also, you can ask your speech therapist to do auditory training techniques. Lastly, Martha Burnes is a respected speech therapist who lectures on the topic frequently across the country. Hope this helps! Cheryl -- In , " " <momster451@...> wrote: > > Okay, so the next course of action was to take my son (who is now 3) to > a neurologist. In watching him for just a few minutes interacting with > us and his 21month old sister, the doctor felt that his speech and > language delays were not due to hypotonia (or not solely), but to > dyspraxia and central auditory processing dysfunction (disorder, > syndrome, what have you). He also seemed to think that when my son > became sick at 11 months and stopped eating (the doctors never > definitively found a cause), he might have suffered from an undiagnosed > encephalitis (how terrifying is that). I had told him about how his > hypotonia was undiagnosed until 30 months (it's that slight), and I > also mentioned that before he became sick, he was speaking some words, > and speaking them well, and that after he didn't speak for 6 months, > and that when he did start speaking again, some of the words which were > formerly comprehensible were now unintelligible. > > Have any other parents here experienced anything like this? Does anyone > here have a child with CAPD, and, if so, what symptoms do you see? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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