February 16, 2016
Auditory Processing: When the Brain Can’t Hear
By Kathy Kuhl Book review of When the Brain Can’t Hear by Teri James Bellis, Ph.D. “My child can’t have an auditory problem. His hearing is just fine.” When the ears work great, but the brain has trouble understanding, then the child—or adult—may have an auditory processing disorder (APD). It is also called a […]
June 27, 2015
New research in preventing crib death (SIDS)
By Kathy Kuhl Dr. Daniel Rubens, an anesthesiologist at Children’s Hospital in Seattle, has been pioneering a new technique to identify babies at risk for crib death, or SIDS–Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. According to the Seattle Times, Dr. Rubens became intrigued reading a Rhode Island Department of Health study showing inner ear damage in babies […]