Symptoms of CAPD:

• Mishears what is being said

• Difficulty following directions, especially multi-step directions

• Trouble knowing how to do a task

• Difficulty understanding speech in the presence of background noise or reverberant environments

• Difficulty hearing on the phone

• Learning difficulties including poor reading
  recognition, reading fluency, reading comprehension,
  spelling, writing, math word problems and note-taking

• Difficulty telling or retelling a story

• Difficulty recalling and retrieving words

• Hurt feelings as a result of misinterpreting what is
  being said

• May not understand sarcasm, jokes or subtle humor

• Trouble interpreting non-verbal cues

• Easily distracted, difficulty maintaining attention

• Difficulty understanding fast or rapid speech

• Difficulty understanding individuals who speak with accents

 

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