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1342 and 1455 here.

I did not have our child go through the auditory processing evaluation. The Vanderbilt folks saw the weakness immediately, but he was too young to test at the time at 5 years old. Audiologists prefer a child to be at least 7 or 8. The other thing is, what to do with that information? So often folks run off to use FastForward, but it's an expensive, time-consuming therapy with no SCIENTIFIC proof that it makes a difference. (There is a lot of anecdotal evidence). I do know that some people use FM systems in the classroom with some success.

Also, my son has a speech and language impairment label. Another possibility was an LD label, as he has a co-morbid processing speed issue. With the language label, he gets an IEP, an in-classroom aide for academics, pullouts, a modified curriculum.

On Facebook, if you search for MERLDworld, you'll find a group of parents there. The leader of the group has elementary age children and does a lot of research on MERLD. I believe she has a web site as well. The www.naturallatetalkers.com board has a lot of information as well, although it tends to skew toward the preschool age kids.

The middle school, high school and college age kids I know with MERLD still tend to have receptive weaknesses, but they've learned to compensate by translating quickly the auditory to visual in order to be able to remember it. They also tape lectures, learn good note taking, and tend toward hands-on classes and occupations.

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