Can You Follow the Teacher?

Simulation of Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)

Listening in Competing Noise

APD affects how the brain analyzes and processes sound, even when standard hearing tests are normal. Since APD can affect various auditory skills, it is often very difficult for individuals to separate competing voices and other background noises from the information they are trying to hear.

Your challenge: follow the spoken directions and place the colored shapes into the grid before the recording ends.
This is an educational simulation—not a test for APD. Difficulty completing it does not mean that you have APD.
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Turn your sound on.Headphones are optional.
2
Listen carefully.
3
Move the pieces before the recording ends.
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The recording will begin immediately.

This simulation was created by Auditory Processing Center using an adapted recording and activity from PBS/WGBH Misunderstood Minds, “Auditory Activity: Listening to Directions.”

Follow the Directions

Keep listening while you move the pieces. The recording will not pause.

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Move These Shapes

Drag—or tap a piece, then tap a square.

Directions with Shapes and Colors

Place one colored piece over each outlined shape.
The recording is playing.
This simulation was created by Auditory Processing Center using an adapted recording and activity from PBS/WGBH Misunderstood Minds, “Auditory Activity: Listening to Directions.”

Flip the Pieces to See What You Built

This simulation was created by Auditory Processing Center using an adapted recording and activity from PBS/WGBH Misunderstood Minds, “Auditory Activity: Listening to Directions.”