Features of the entire program

The Learnigo EDU & SLP Understanding Speech Despite Distractors program is designed for use in special education settings as well as speech therapy. The program aims to support active training and stimulation of higher auditory functions in children showing symptoms of central auditory processing disorder (CAPD). It can be used for corrective and compensatory work, but also for progress monitoring, as well as with other work intended to stimulate higher auditory functions in children with difficulties in learning, writing, and reading, and in children with co-existing emotional disorders that may be due to impaired sound analysis at a central level. This program is intended for therapists, including speech therapists and teachers working with pre-school and elementary school children, aged 5+ (within typical developmental norms) or regardless of age in the case of children with intellectual disabilities.

The exercise sets in the program are designed to reflect the criteria contained in the definition of central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) formulated by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA, 1996*).

* According to the recommendations of the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), auditory processing disorders are diagnosed in cases where at least one of the essential higher auditory functions is impaired. The symptoms of auditory processing disorders include:

1. difficulties with understanding longer statements;

2. difficulties with understanding speech in noise;

3. difficulties with locating the source of sound;

4. problems with concentration;

5. difficulties with learning to read;

6. auditory hypersensitivity.