College-age students may have some of the following symptoms:
- Complaining of difficulty hearing or understanding lectures
- Greater difficulty listening and learning in large classrooms with poor acoustics or when sitting far from professors
- Performing better in classes that are less lecture oriented such as math or science labs
- Having significant difficulty taking notes during class
- Reporting that homework takes them much longer than other classmates
- History of mild difficulties in reading, spelling, or comprehension that becomes much more apparent after entering college
- Extreme difficulty learning in foreign language classes or other classes where vocabulary is unfamiliar
- Performing better on un-timed tests than on timed tests
- Poor grades on tests despite knowledge of the material and demonstrated understanding of the topic when allowed to respond orally
