082: Auditory Processing & External Microphone Technology

Guest: Dr. Dawn Aerts, AuD

Approximately 5% of children struggle with processing auditory input but are never given a formal diagnosis or intervention options that can help. This is because when hearing concerns are expressed, a child is sent to an audiologist for a hearing test. If that test indicates normal hearing, they are sent back to the pediatrician - even though that child still struggles to understand or process auditory input, despite their normal hearing.

In this episode, Nicole is joined by pediatric audiologist, Dr. Dawn Aerts. Dr. Aerts noticed the pattern of children with normal hearing who still struggled with auditory processing and wanted to create a space to help bridge the gap for these families to help them find interventions to help, including her main focus, remote microphone technology. She is a leader in research concerning auditory processing in children with normal hearing and has recently founded her company, Helpful Hearing, to guide families through the process of using remote microphone technology to help with these challenges.

Episode Highlights:

• What is auditory processing?
• How is auditory processing disorder diagnosed?
• What are things we can do to help?