• Identify key features of auditory processing differences, including over- and under-sensitivity to sound.
• Assess how auditory processing differences impact communication, learning, and self-regulation.
• Apply practical environmental and communication strategies to support individuals with auditory processing differences.
   

• Loren Snow

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• Online ONLY for 1 learner -- Access to Online Course for 365 Days/1 Year (1.5-hour CE course, downloadable handout, certificate of completion)

Timed Agenda

• Introduction
  2 minutes (Welcome and overview, speaker introduction, personal experience with hearing sensitivity, professional background)
• Understanding Sensory Processing
  2 minutes (Eight sensory systems overview, what sensory processing means, brain filtering vs. physical hearing differences, importance of checking physical health first)
• Sleep, Eating, and Daily Life Impacts
  3 minutes (How sensory differences affect sleep, eating, periods, toileting; feedback cycles between poor sleep and sound sensitivity)
• Hearing as Communication
  6 minutes (Role of hearing in understanding others, tone/pitch/proximity, challenges with filtering sounds, processing delays, sense of danger and vigilance)
• Oversensitivity to Sound
  4 minutes (Common triggers: electricity, TVs, traffic, voices; avoidance behaviors, mishearing, children making noise to replace unpleasant sounds)
• Under-Sensitivity to Sound
  2 minutes (Missing vocal cues, difficulty with intonation and subtleties, challenges understanding meaning vs. words, humor and proximity issues)
• Classroom and Work Environments
  2 minutes (Constant stream of sounds in educational/work settings, impact on focus and self-regulation, fatigue from processing)
• Practical Solutions and Reflection
  6 minutes (Strategies for sleep, outdoors, public transport, play, school, communication; noise cancellation, replacement sounds, room acoustics)
• Supporting Under-Sensitivity
  2 minutes (Volume adjustments, subtitles, processing time, using names before statements, positive language, visual supports)
• Sensory Diets and Audits
  4 minutes (List-based diet for struggles and solutions, timetable-based diet for proactive support, environmental audits for planning)

• Strengths and Closing
  2 minutes (Hearing differences as strengths, noticing subtle cues, sensory joys, free resources available, next session preview)

  
  TOTAL: 35 minutes. 
  
   

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