Re: RE: Verbal auditory agnosia

June 8, 2002

On 6/8/02 11:05 AM, " OMara@... " wrote:

> In a message dated 6/8/02 9:29:37 AM Central Daylight Time,

> pentaburks@... writes:

>

>> , The first Developmental Pediatrician who evaluated my Evy felt he

>> might have verbal auditory agnosia. He didn't seem to recognize that a

>> human voice was anymore significant than the hum of a dishwasher. Of

>> course, with proper education, he is now completely expressive with a few

> lingering pragmatic deficits

>

> t and list members,

> Did your Dev Ped do any testing to establish the diagnosis of VAA? If

> so, what were the tests or assessments? Did he do them himself or did he send

> your child to a neurologist or speech and language pathologist to have them

> performed?

> in WI.

>

It was a time will tell sort of thing. I did go back, and got the wonderful

answer from her that we don¹t have to diagnose him until he¹s seven, so

we¹re not going to. I wanted to strangle her when she sent records to my

new Dev. Ped.in NY saying what she wouldn¹t tell me after his second

visit‹suspected Autism. I am not sure verbal auditory agnosia is a separate

manifestation of autism. I think, rather, that it signifies the level of

sensory filtering/selective attention impairment. I wouldn¹t start thinking

of it as anything separate, but knowing his deficits are intense as far as

selective attention to speech, I would really hammer the auditory piece‹make

sure you don¹t give anything without naming it first. Do you put the

reinforcers next to your mouth as you name them to help draw attention to

your face movement? Do you keep your speech succinct and pointed so he

doesn¹t have a lot to filter? The less you sound like background noise

(e.g. Talking too much) the better. Will he echo? Hmmm. Our kids are so

fascinating. Best of luck‹the Koegel¹s have a lot of nice stuff written

about selective attention‹it is one of their pivotal behaviors that may

interest you. t

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