Common areas of difficulty and some educational implications: Spatial relation Difficulties with visual processing affect how visual information is interpreted, or processed by the brain.

This is different from problems involving sight or sharpness of vision. Visual processing disorder What is it?Ī visual processing, or perceptual, disorder refers to a hindered ability to make sense of information taken in through the eyes. Other terms which refer to the same set of disorders include visual or auditory perceptual disorders, visual or auditory processing deficits, central auditory processing disorders, and other similar combinations of these terms. The following information describes these two types of disorders, their educational implications, some basic interventions and what to do if there is a suspected problem.įor the sake of consistency, the terms used in this packet are visual processing disorder and auditory processing disorder. Since so much information in the classroom and at home is presented visually and/or verbally, the child with an auditory or visual perceptual disorder can be at a disadvantage in certain situations. Although there are many types of perception, the two most common areas of difficulty involved with a learning disability are visual and auditory perception. The terms, “visual and auditory processing” and “visual and auditory perception”, are often used interchangeably. Visual and auditory processing are the processes of recognizing and interpreting information taken in through the senses of sight and sound.

Auditory learning activities