CAPD test on Monday

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I am getting my hearing tested on Monday, specifically for central auditory processing disorder. I am extremely nervous. In a way, I want it to test positive bc that would explain y i have so much trouble hearing, even though my ears pick up sound just fine. Also, it would be beneficial to have this diagnosis bc i could then go to my school's disability office and have my classes set up in a way that would be better for me (some teachers are anal and won't help w/o a letter from the disabilities office.) I'm worried about what it means if the testing comes out negative and being left w/o an explanation again. I am also nervous about the actual testing itself. What if i can't stand whatever sound they use to test with? I am very sensitive to some sounds and would hate to have sensory overload in the middle of the test. All of this thinking is making my stomach upset....

just wondering what things make you think you might have CAPD?

i wonder if i have some type of issue with that sometimes. im not sure, but i have a couple weird things that happen to me periodically... like, at least on a monthly basis.

i have odd moments where if i'm listening to music... the words and tune just seem out of sink... like a cachophany... even though somewhere in my mind i recognize the song and can rationalize that the music is sounding WAY warped. but i can't make it stop. I have to sit and keep listening to it... then for some reason it all eventually becomes synced again and sounds back to normal to me.

i also have a problem of mishearing people... but in the wrong language. like sometimes when someone speaks (i've noticed it's usually at times when i'm not at all expecting the person to say anything) i hear very explicitly words that i THINK they're saying... but it'll be in spanish or romanian or some other random language im familiar with. the words are never translations of what the people are saying... but it will be a weird little quip, that has often caused some embarrassing moments for me cause sometimes i react to their statements cause i don't realize i made an error (especially when talking with people who DO speak these languages and i really think that they've said those words).

does that sound like anything to do with CAPD?

oh and GL on your testing. i doubt theyll give you annoying sounds (but im no expert, lol)... maybe just some background noise to test how well you hear people speak in situations other than complete silence.

hmmm i haven't had the experience with music that u describe, although my whole life i have had trouble understand lyrics, to any song. Just sounds like gibberish. As far as mishearing people, ya i do that. strange that it sounds like a different language to you, not unreasonable though if you know other languages. I only speak english, so when i mishear them, i mishear some other english word that i think they say. I am often having to ask people to repeat themselves, say "huh?" and "what?" I can barely hear if there is background noise. here's a site that lists the symptoms, i copied and pasted some.

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/medica ... itory.html

What kind of specialist are you seeing for the test? I am just having difficulty bringing up the subject with my audiologist. She did get me hearing aids which helps SOME, but still I have this other problem of hearing sounds but there is a delay while my brain translates it. I think I scrooch up my face when this happens like it helps me to concentrate if I do that. But then the facial expression seems to upset or offend the speaker. If they only knew half the time I feel like I am in another country.

Oddly enough I understood a conversation in Chinese clearly in a noisy restaurant. I have studied Korean and Japanese briefly, but didn't know more than a few terms in Chinese. Yet I understood it (believe it was Mandarin dialect) but can't understand English conversations in restaurants. I have also understood Gaelic conversations which would seem impossible. Maybe its CAPD mixed in with something else.

I'm seeing a neurologist next week. Wonder if they would know about CAPD?

There is a "delay" while my brain processes sound too. I am seeing an audiologist at the Speech Hearing and Learning Center (it's in South Carolina). It is a specific test just for CAPD, different from a regular hearing exam, it's tailored to this specific problem. Some places offer the test, some don't, so you have to ask. A neurologist may have heard of the problem, but I have never dealt with a neurologist, so I don't know. But only an audiologist can administer the test.

Jnet- When you get back from the test would you mind posting how things went and what the test was like? I'm curious how they even test it.

I've had a few other audiology tests including the one I think was called bone conduction test. She put this headband around my head with a metal contact that touched the bony spot behind the ear. The conducter made sounds like tea kettles whistling, ocean waves and howling wind while they did a regular hearing test of beeps over top of that. It tests for hearing loss in noisy situations. I imagine they might use that conductor thing in a CAPD test to produce distracting environments.

sure i'll post what happened, what the tests were like and the results. honestly, i'm quite nervous bc i don't know quite what to expect either, though i know it is a series of tests and takes about 2 hours.

Don't worry audiologist tests aren't generally traumatic. I've even had them put a camera in my ear and that was fascinating to see the picture on tv screen. Since CAPD is what you are being tested for they will probably first put up in quiet room answering health history type questions with audiologist/dr. Then probably due the generic beep in the ears test first to make sure you aren't hard of hearing. Then probably will put you in noisy situation and somehow test CAPD.

They will probably put you in a soundroom which is a small room with a door and just enough space to sit on a chair inside. It's actually kind of neat because its usually not as bright in there and very quiet.

If you are really worried wear something calming like your favorite sweater or favorite soft fuzzy socks or whatever you might be able to concentrate on to calm yourself. If you have a stimming object slip it into your jacket pocket. Just some ideas.

Thanks ticker, knowing a little about what will be there helps. I like the idea about putting a stimming idea in my pocket, that would help.