Hearing beyond the Ears: Central Auditory Processing Disorders

That experience was one of the crucial factors that lead us to focus our medical careers on helping children especially gifted children with learning difficulties. In the years since we have had many more encounters with CAPDs, and we are constantly surprised both by their prevalence and by the many difficulties they create in children's lives. Published reports suggest CAPDs affect roughly 2-3% of children (Chermak, G., and Musiek, F; 1997) but the real numbers may be significantly higher. In our clinic, CAPDs are some of the most common disorders underlying school difficulties, and some of the most disabling.