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i've read through some of the posts here on what people are terming
auditory dyslexia because i've been having some rather strange issues
that seem related to this disorder. i would really appreciate any
input anyone has on this.

just a quick note about myself: i have never really considered myself
dyslexic, in that i haven't ever been noticably effected by the
traditional symptoms- transposing/reversing words or sentences,
difficulty with the operational side of mathematics etc. however, when
i was a child, i always reversed letters, and it took me a while to
overcome the problem.

i've been noticing that i constantly have difficulties making sense of
what people are saying. i might have attributed this poor hearing, but
my hearing has always tested perfectly normal. sometimes speech just
becomes a muffled jumble to me, and i can't make heads or tails of
certain short phrases. i also have difficulty writing down numbers
that people dictate, i get all the numbers down but i sometimes can't
figure out if the order is correct. but the most obvious problem that
i have trouble reversing sentence order, for example, if someone says
"a leads to b, but the reverse isn't true", i can't conceptualize the
reverse because sequences, a then b, b then a, often sound the same to
me.

are there minor forms of auditory dyslexia that might explain this, or
people who've experienced similar issues? is this dyslexia at all?

pamela fitzpatrick

Tyler,

What you may want to look into is what is known as Auditory Processing
Disorder. A good book that is more of a novel, telling the story of how this
one family went about getting the diagnosis is Like Sound Through Water.
There is more information available on the internet/web...Hope this helps in
your search :-)

Oh, and I know *exactly* what you are talking about...

-Pam

: i've read through some of the posts here on what people are terming
: auditory dyslexia because i've been having some rather strange issues
: that seem related to this disorder. i would really appreciate any
: input anyone has on this.
:
: just a quick note about myself: i have never really considered myself
: dyslexic, in that i haven't ever been noticably effected by the
: traditional symptoms- transposing/reversing words or sentences,
: difficulty with the operational side of mathematics etc. however, when
: i was a child, i always reversed letters, and it took me a while to
: overcome the problem.
:
: i've been noticing that i constantly have difficulties making sense of
: what people are saying. i might have attributed this poor hearing, but
: my hearing has always tested perfectly normal. sometimes speech just
: becomes a muffled jumble to me, and i can't make heads or tails of
: certain short phrases. i also have difficulty writing down numbers
: that people dictate, i get all the numbers down but i sometimes can't
: figure out if the order is correct. but the most obvious problem that
: i have trouble reversing sentence order, for example, if someone says
: "a leads to b, but the reverse isn't true", i can't conceptualize the
: reverse because sequences, a then b, b then a, often sound the same to
: me.
:
: are there minor forms of auditory dyslexia that might explain this, or
: people who've experienced similar issues? is this dyslexia at all?