Holistic Considerations
What Does Your Child’s Educational Evaluation Really Tell You?
To advocate well for your child, you need to understand what educational testing does and does not tell you. Your Questions What do your child’s tests really tell you? What is actually being tested? What are the underlying functions necessary to perform well on the test? Are those (bottom-up) functions/processes working properly? Start at the…
Read MoreDoes My Insurance Cover Your Services?
Does My Insurance Cover Your Services? Short answer: Hearing Kids is a private-pay practice, so you can schedule directly—no referral and no insurance “permission” required. Some families may still be able to use out-of-network reimbursement, HSA/FSA funds, or apply payment toward a deductible (depending on their plan). The only way to know what your plan…
Read MoreWhat Causes Misophonia? 5 Common Drivers (and What to Do Next)
What Causes Misophonia? TL;DR: Misophonia rarely has one single “cause.” In real life, it usually comes from one (or a combination) of a few common drivers. The fastest path forward is identifying which driver(s) are at play so your plan matches the cause—not just the label. Next step: If you want a clear plan instead…
Read MoreMisophonia Test
If certain sounds trigger a fast, intense reaction—anger, panic, disgust, or the need to escape—your next best step isn’t more guessing. It’s figuring out what’s driving the reaction so the next steps actually fit. Schedule Your Misophonia Test Schedule Pediatric Misophonia Test (ages 4–15.11) Schedule Adult Misophonia Test (ages 16+) Is There a Real Test…
Read MoreADHD vs Auditory Processing Disorder: How to Tell the Difference in a Child
ADHD vs Auditory Processing Disorder: How to Tell the Difference in a Child When a child has trouble paying attention, following directions, listening, learning, or keeping up in school, parents are often left asking the same question: Is this attention deficit, or is my child not processing what they hear correctly? It is a fair…
Read MoreDevelopmental Audiologist
In all likelihood, you have never heard of a developmental audiologist before coming to Hearing Kids. You may be wondering, just what is a developmental audiologist and how do they differ from a clinical or educational audiologist? Clinical audiologists are healthcare professionals, who measure a person’s ability to hear sounds and appropriately catagorize the type…
Read MoreBottoms Up
Bottom-up, not Top-down That’s how you climb up a ladder to reach the top. You can’t magically get to the top if you are at the bottom, you need to work your way up. No one started out by riding a unicycle or walking a tightrope. They first rolled over, crawled, pulled to stand, stood,…
Read MoreThe Great Debate: Is APD “Real”?
The Debate A great debate exists questioning whether Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) is even “real”? Could APD exist when test items are speech based or should a diagnosis be based only on tests using non-speech items? (For more about speech vs. non-speech based APD testing see here.) This thinking was based on the belief that…
Read MoreWhich Reading Remediation Program is Right For You?
Orton-Gillingham Wilson LiPS Seeing Stars Barton KIPP Read 180 Reading Rocket … Have you ever wondered why there are so many reading programs? The Situation Perhaps you suspect your child has trouble reading and would like to optimize the help you get through your child’s school? Maybe the school has informed you they would like to…
Read MoreAssessment Options for Auditory Processing Disorder
There are different approaches we can take in our goal to assess auditory processing. There are benefits and limitations to each of these approaches. Part of what you need to clarify is this, what are you trying to accomplish with your assessment? The answer is not as obvious as it may seem. If your goal…
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