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Auditory Processing Assessments
We offer auditory processing assessments online, so you can take part from the comfort of your own home no matter where you live in the UK. These assessments are designed for both children (7 years and up) and adults.
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Each appointment lasts about 2 hours and includes a series of tests that look at how well your brain makes sense of the sounds your ears hear.
What is Auditory Training Therapy?
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) can significantly impact an individual’s ability to understand and process sounds. One effective approach to treating APD is Buffalo Model Auditory Training Therapy, a structured, evidence-based intervention designed to strengthen auditory processing skills.
What is the Buffalo Model?
Developed by Dr. Jack Katz, the Buffalo Model focuses on key auditory processing areas, including:
Decoding
Improving the ability to quickly and accurately interpret sounds.
Tolerance-Fading Memory
Enhancing focus in noisy environments and strengthening auditory memory.
Integration
Helping individuals connect auditory information with other sensory inputs for better comprehension.
Organization
Assisting with sequencing and structuring auditory information effectively.
How Does Buffalo Model Therapy Work?
This therapy uses specialized auditory exercises and strategies to improve the brain’s ability to process sound efficiently. It is tailored to the individual’s specific APD profile, helping them develop stronger listening skills, improved communication, and better academic/workplace performance.
Auditory training therapy:
Once we have an auditory processing diagnosis, we offer therapy online aimed at the specific auditory deficits seen throughout the assessment. This takes approximately an hour per week for 12 to 14 weeks of thorough, individualised, exercises to improve your auditory processing skills.
Hearing loss and auditory training:
When someone experiences hearing loss, the ears may stop sending clear signals to the brain, leading to a phenomenon known as auditory deprivation. Over time, the brain’s ability to interpret sounds weaken, especially speech. So even when hearing aids or cochlear implants restore access to sound, the brain may struggle to make sense of it. Words can feel muffled, conversations confusing, and noisy environments overwhelming.
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Auditory training therapy helps bridge that gap. It’s like physiotherapy for your brain, designed to rebuild the neural pathways that process sound. Just as physiotherapy helps retrain muscles after injury, auditory training strengthens the brain’s listening muscles after periods of reduced sound input.
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Through structured listening exercises, this therapy helps individuals:
Focus on speech in noisy settings
Distinguish similar-sounding words
Improve auditory memory and attention
Adapt more effectively to hearing devices
Reduce listening fatigue and boost confidence
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Whether you're newly fitted with hearing aids or simply want to improve your listening skills, auditory training gives your brain the workout it needs to hear, and understand, more clearly and comfortably.
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