Research on Auditory Processing Disorder is still up and coming, but with how many people are being diagnosed, it is essential to know more. So of course, our very own Dr. Reeves took it upon herself to conduct a new research study. This study looked at the effectiveness of APD therapy in a quantitative aspect.
Alongside Dr. Jay Lucker from Howard University, Dr. Reeves conducted research on past clients here at Little Listeners. They looked at 125 children that Dr. Reeves saw between April of 2015 and March of 2016. Their main goal was to identify if the APD abilities in the children treated with listening and rhythm training improved significantly. To answer this question, they looked at pre-treatment and post-treatment test scores of the children treated. They also looked at whether the differences were caused by the specific auditory processing deficit, age of the child, or number of treatment sessions.
The study concluded that using listening therapy, rhythm training, and Phonemic Synthesis training did improve auditory processing abilities and sped up reaction time with responding to sounds. They also found that these results were completely unrelated to age.
We are so proud of Dr. Reeves for publishing a study that not only proves what we do at Little Listeners is highly effective, but can also be used around the country to help those with Auditory Processing Disorder. To learn more about the study, click on the attachment for this post.
