Open AccessDyslexia and Auditory Processing Disorder: A Neurological Chicken or Egg Debate?
Author(s) -
Isabella Summe,
Terry L. McCoy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of student research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2167-1907
DOI - 10.47611/jsrhs.v10i2.1513
Subject(s) - dyslexia , psychology , biological theories of dyslexia , audiology , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , developmental dyslexia , medicine , reading (process) , linguistics , philosophy
An estimated 10 million students in the United States have dyslexia and of those students, 2.5 million are estimated to have auditory processing disorder. There is an ongoing debate on whether auditory processing disorder causes or contributes to dyslexia or the disorders are just co-morbid. This paper examines dyslexia and auditory processing disorder and then considers current research on the nature of the relationship between the two disorders.