Auditory Processing Disorders occur when the neural pathways of the brain that relay auditory information do not send their signals correctly. In other words, a child who does not have a hearing impairment will audibly hear what is said to him, but will be unable to understand it correctly because the signal gets mixed up somewhere in his brain. These individuals often experience deficits in the areas of expressive and receptive language. The Speech-Language Pathologists at Community Therapy Services are trained to help children with this diagnosis learn different strategies which can help them understand what is spoken to them in the classroom and in everyday life. CTS also offers specialized programs designed to help individuals with auditory processing difficulties. One such program is Fast ForWord™.