10 fun activities to develop auditory perceptual skills in children
Sipu was sitting in his room trying to finish his maths homework with mama. Dad was talking over the phone in the other room. Grandpa was watching TV in the living room. The AC in Sipu's room was on & making a sound. Sipu could hear all these different sounds. As mama was trying to help Sipu with his maths homework, he was having a really hard time listening to what mama was saying. He seemed to be quite distracted. Mama was losing patience that Sipu was not focusing on what she is saying repeatedly. He is taking so long to finish his homework getting distracted frequently.... In the above example, Sipu might be having deficits in auditory processing skills. He is bombarded with too much information & his brain is unable to filter out the relevant from the irrelevant information, thus he is having difficulty focusing on his maths homework or listening to what mama is saying. How does a deficit in Auditory perceptual skills affect a child? If someone has difficulties with a