Re-cap

After mentioning this blog to a few people, I thought I’d share a little re-cap. Most of my blog entries about diagnosis and help for Auditory Processing Disorder can be found in last spring/summer’s blog entries. We have now learned how to “cope” with this disability and we are in the phase of trying to do whatever we can to treat our son’s disability. The U.S. doesn’t even claim it’s a disability in the Medical Journal.  Insurance doesn’t cover the finances. This is why I’m spending more time teaching piano students and running my cake business, than actually writing in this blog, like I should. My boys are out of school this week, so I have cut my cake orders to spend time with them, and hopefully get some blog entries written.

My son’s diagnosis is this: Auditory Processing Disorder. The condition expresses itself in different ways. Some say my son’s condition is mild, others have said that he will intensely struggle for the rest of his life. There is a delay between his auditory nerve and the message it sends to his brain. He can hear perfectly; however, at times he cannot understand it. When folks talk, it can sometimes just sound like noise to him. And, when there is background noise, it’s even harder for him to understand what’s going on. That’s why this blog is called “Background Noise”.  It’s often hard for Jared to distinguish between noises. I know it’s overwhelming for him. I see it when I watch him at school, when the kids around him are reciting things aloud. He’s so busy looking around, trying to figure out what everyone is saying, that he mostly just mumbles along. {Picture someone who doesn’t speak English listening to the Pledge of Allegiance at a big event, looking around, seeing if he/she can “blend in”.}
 
Re-cap: We know the statistics. We have a treatment plan. We have hope.

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. Isaiah 40:28 (NIV)