Why are students with auditory processing disorders (APD) often fatigued?
Students with APD work two to three times harder than students without APD to discriminate, process and understand information learned at school. Thus, they are tired. APD is also often misdiagnosed as ADD or ADHD because many students do not want to or are unable to work as hard as is necessary to succeed in school and they give up and stop paying attention. These students are often inconsistent in schoolwork as well. They may do very well on one assignment because they are fresh but after so much effort the following assignment may be poorly done as they have used most of their brain power and energy on the previous assignment. Inconsistency in schoolwork is a common symptom of APD.
Students with APD work two to three times harder than students without APD to discriminate, process and understand information learned at school. Thus, they are tired. APD is also often misdiagnosed as ADD or ADHD because many students do not want to or are unable to work as hard as is necessary to succeed in school. They often give up and stop paying attention. These students are often inconsistent in schoolwork as well. They may do very well on one assignment because they are fresh, but after so much effort the following assignment may be poorly done as they have used most of their brain power and energy on the previous assignment. Inconsistency in schoolwork is a common symptom of APD.
