Auditory Processing Case Study

Do you ever feel like your ears and your brain don't fully coordinate? Don't worry, you're not the only one. Auditory processing is a disorder referring to how the central nervous system uses or interprets auditory information. When I was 6 years old and in first grade my parents put me through multiple tests at Rochester Hearing and Speech, I was officially diagnosed with auditory processing. Not long after that, I was also diagnosed with ADD. After this, I shortly learned that school wasn't going to be an easy journey. Grade school was my true definition of an obstacle. I grew up in a supportive family where I was told “You're only given as much as you can handle.” And so I did. I learned many different ways to overcome this obstacle. Things …show more content…
I loved it but I also watched some of the women I worked with struggle to make ends meet at home, financially, and being present for their growing families. Because family is so important in my life, I decided to go to college. After the struggles I faced in grade school I never imagined myself ever attending college but I was determined to at least get an associates degree in business to eventually open my own salon. My second semester I enrolled in a Speech Communication class designed to help communicate in the most effective way. My professor always related back to his educating years where he had to communicate with all different ages of students. After lots of debating if I can do it, and if this is what I wanted, I decided to switch majors to education. My mom owns an in home daycare and I have always had a passion working with children, It all made sense now. I never dreamed of being a teacher because of my learning disabilities, but after all I have accomplished i've learned that I can do whatever I put my mind …show more content…
My visit there was with my cousin who previously attended and graduated in 2005 from the education program. He now lives in Orlando and is a successful gym teacher. This was the first highlight of the school because he was a student who now has a job, something that can be difficult to do in the education field. He showed me around campus and immediately I noticed and fell in love with the the alive, energetic vibrancy on campus. I also chose UCF because of the incredible sense of balance between the high caliber academics and social life. Most schools have one or the other and you don't have to choose here. And lastly because UCF is centrally located and is so large, it would allow me a unique opportunity to meet people from all over and learn not only from professors but from other