Auditory Processing Disorders (CAPD/APD)

AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDERS (CAPD/APD)

Sound-based therapy supports change in clients who have Auditory Processing
challenges like:

o Hypersensitivity and Hyposensitivity to sound
o Listening in background noise
o Bilateral integration
o Auditory closure
o Auditory memory
o Auditory sequence
o Auditory discrimination
o Temporal sequencing
o Delayed auditory feedback
o Attention/focus
o Listening
o Word retrieval

About Sound Therapy:
Sound-based therapy involves the use of sound vibration that impacts the body using
special equipment, programs, modified music, and/or specific tones/beats, the need
for which is identified with appropriate testing.

About Auditory Processing:
Auditory processing has been described as "what we do with what we hear." In other
words, it is the ability of the brain (i.e., the central nervous system) to process
incoming auditory signals. The brain identifies sounds by analyzing their distinguishing
physical characteristics frequency, intensity, and temporal features. These are
features that we perceive as pitch, loudness, and duration. Once the brain has
completed its analysis of the physical characteristics of the incoming sound or
message, it then constructs an "image" of the signal from these component parts for
comparison with stored "images." If a match occurs, we can then understand what is
being said or we can recognize sounds that have important meanings in our lives
(sirens, doorbells, crying, etc.).
(http://www.tsbvi.edu/Outreach/seehear/spring00/centralauditory.htm)

Therapies Offered:
AIT, Tomatis®, Fast ForWord™, Interactive Metronome™, BioAcoustics™, and home
programs. Therapies are only suggested after completing the Diagnostic Evaluation
for Therapy Protocol (DETP®) which determines if any sound-based therapy is
appropriate and when it is, in the correct order. We utilize The Davis Model of Sound
Intervention®.

Contact The Davis Center at 862-251-4637, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm, Monday through
Friday, Eastern Standard Time to schedule an evaluation. Or email
npdunn@thedaviscenter.com.

Sound-based therapies are not medical treatments. They do not cure or treat medical disease conditions. They
work on supporting change in learning, development, and wellness. The Davis Center does not diagnose or
prescribe for medical or psychological conditions; nor does it claim to prevent, treat, mitigate or cure such
conditions; nor provide diagnosis, care, treatment or rehabilitation of individuals or apply medical, mental health
or human development principles beyond the scope of professional practice.

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