MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'auditory processing'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:28:49 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107609&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F08%2Fsomeone-left-the-internetz%2F in my car! “It’s a system of tubes.” (My son salvaged them from his job because he thought his nephew & niece would enjoy playing with them.) ~#~ And while at work: Brain’s a little off today; mis-read a woman’s tee shirt as, “Bitchy is my nipple name”. [middle name] APD (Auditory Processing Disorder) moment: [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107609 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:53:43 +0100 5107609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4829088&cid=t_110502_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fhuman-speech-perception-annual-review.html Love the Annual Review of Psychology for contemporary overview articles. Double click on images to enlarge- iPost using BlogPress from my Kevin McGrew's iPadintelligence,IQ tests,IQ testing,IQ scores,CHC intelligence theory ,CHC theory,Cattell-Horn-Carroll,human cognitive abilities,psychology,school psychology,individual differences,cognitive psychology,neuropsychologypsychology,special education,educational psychology,psychometrics,psychological assessment,psychological measurement,IQs Corner,general intelligence,Annual Review of Psychology,Ga,speech perception,phonological processing,phonemic awareness,auditory processing (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner)) Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4829088 Sat, 14 May 2011 17:37:00 +0100 4829088 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4331116&cid=t_110502_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FtVPk1z9NXRg%2F Every Monday during the next 10 weeks we’ll discuss here what leading industry, science and policy experts –all of whom will speak at the upcoming 2011 SharpBrains Summit (March 30th — April 1st, 2011)– have to say about emerging opportunities and challenges to address, over the next 10 years, the growing brain-related societal demands. Without further ado, here you have what four Summit Speakers say… — Alvaro Pascual-Leone is the Direc­tor of the Berenson-Allen Cen­ter for Non-Invasive Brain Stim­u­la­tion at Har­vard Med­ical School. 1. How would you define “brain fitness” vs. “physical fitness”? Physical fitness can refer to an overall or general state of health and well-being. However, it is also often used more specifically to refer to the ability to perfor... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4331116 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:57:18 +0100 4331116 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4203223&cid=t_110502_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FrfLGus2764w%2F Musicians’ brains are often used as models of neuroplasticity. Indeed, numerous studies to date have shown that musical training can change the brain. Musicians have larger brain volume in areas that are important for playing an instrument: motor, auditory and visuo-spatial regions. A recent Nature Review Neuroscience article shows that music training can benefit the brain beyond music-related abilities. Specifically, musicians may have an advantage for processing speech in challenging listening environments compared with non-musicians This effect of music training suggests that, akin to physical exercise and its impact on body fitness, music is a resource that tones the brain for auditory fitness. Therefore, the role of music in shaping individual development deserves consideration. To ... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4203223 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:57:33 +0100 4203223 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3891720&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F08%2F23%2Fstupid-irony%2F Someone defined poetry as “life condensed”.  Sometimes I think that disability is life magnified.  Today’s lens is Irony: I dropped my reaching tool behind the bed where I … struggled to reach it. Forgot to take my ADHD meds. Was too stiff to pull on my elastics:  the wrap for my elbow, the two pads [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3891720 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:35:22 +0100 3891720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3524323&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F02%2Fi-need-to-write-a-letter-to-my-boss%2F [* THIS POST IS A PART OF BLOGGING AGAINST DISABLISM DAY 2010] Or perhaps, just deliver an explanatory document to my boss and the HR (Human Resources) person at my second job. My annual review was okay; very good on some things, okay on others, some recommendations (there always are — no one is perfect [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3524323 Sun, 02 May 2010 07:10:34 +0100 3524323 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3201782&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F24%2Fattention-grocery-shoppers%2F “We have a special going on in our natural foods aisle, right now!  You can get your specialty questions answered by our very own over-educated scientist-grocery stocker!  That’s right, weekends and evenings only, over in our natural foods aisle!  And THANK YOU for shopping your local supermarket chain grocery!” Oh, boy. It’s one thing to be helping [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3201782 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:09:45 +0100 3201782 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3017097&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F22%2Fsaved-by-bureaucracy%2F ( A follow-up on my shaky employment status, as described in a previous post, The Catch.) So now I’ve twice seen the ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat doc, not tree-folk), to figure out if the vertigo, worsening tinnitus and hearing difficulties are related to Ménière’s, or “just” migraines.  At those visits I also spent time in [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3017097 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:55:12 +0100 3017097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2862629&cid=t_110502_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fsensory-processing-disorders-2009.html Announcement: ** Sign Up is now Open** Eides/ Biel Sensory Processing Online Webinar Nov 12th & 13th 2009Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide and Lindsey Biel OTR/LAuthors of The Mislabeled Child and Raising a Sensory Smart ChildRegister and more information about the conference here!Helps benefit Karina's Health Fund (cancer).Recent advances in sensory processing research are providing insights into why child and adults suffer troubling sensory sensitivities and behaviors. Why Impairment in One Sense Can Impair OthersAt right, a European study found that mismatches in vision and position sense (proprioception) resulted in delayed and impaired responses to touch. All the senses should normally work together to provide us with a unitary representation of our bodies and the world, but if one sense s... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2862629 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:01:00 +0100 2862629 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473554&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F11%2Fthe-long-and-short-of-it%2F It’s going to be a long day; I can tell already. Last night I finally got eight hours of sleep, aside from several prolonged coughing fits.  The previous three nights I’d only gotten four hours of sleep.  You’d think the extra rest would make me feel better, but I’m still running short on good sleep because [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473554 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:40:34 +0100 2473554 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442132&cid=t_110502_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fdyslexic-mind-dyslexic-advantage-social.html We've just launched a new social network called Dyslexic Advantage at Ning (http://dyslexicadvantage.ning.com). We recognized a tremendous need for a community that approaches dyslexia from the big picture - recognizing as much (if not more) of the strengths associated with dyslexia as its frustrations and learning obstacles. Dyslexia also changes dramatically through the life span - and needs of an 8 year old are different from a 16 year old, are different from a college student, and an adult at the peak of their career. Dyslexia also runs in families - and there are issues and that affect siblings, spouses, and the whole household dynamic - and we really found little discussion of that aspect of the dyslexic experience. Our site also has videos, podcasts, journals, and discussion forum.F... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442132 Tue, 26 May 2009 07:35:00 +0100 2442132 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441655&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F26%2Fcartfuls-of-spoons%2F They’re out.  Or, Out.  We have the exquisite “Privilege of Being Clouted By Cabbage” and are navigating the hazards of the supermarket.  When things are done the way they’re supposed to be, going to pick up a few groceries is just as boring, or as Dave discovered, lonely, for disabled people as much as it [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441655 Tue, 26 May 2009 05:06:21 +0100 2441655 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2365117&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F04%2F23%2Fgone-bananas%2F A few weeks ago … “4011 !” I exclaimed to my daughter. She looked up from her Mac where she was composing her latest essay. “What?” she asked in confusion. “They started me on cashiering today at the grocery.  4011 !” And then we both broke out laughing. “4011″ of course being the PLU (Price Look Up) code for bananas. When [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2365117 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:46:23 +0100 2365117 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2167724&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F07%2Frequesting-your-thoughts-please%2F Howdy folks, This morning I’m again in pain and rather stiff.  I know that many of you have rather specialised knowledge, and would appreciate your thoughts on getting diagnostics. I have a number of conditions, both common and uncommon, including Raynaud’s, migraines, cough-variant asthma, tinnitus & hyperacussis and Auditory Processing Disorder, motor tics, and assorted neurological glitches [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2167724 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:40:08 +0100 2167724 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1964125&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F11%2F15%2Fcomfort-able%2F For the first time in months and months — far longer than it should have been, but there we are with the insane busyness of life — a friend and I got together at her house for dinner. “You look like you’re finally relaxing,” she said after I’d been there a little while, and we decided [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1964125 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:41:01 +0100 1964125 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1925050&cid=t_110502_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F437438124%2F As mentioned before, the World Economic Forum asked me to write "an 800 words summary of your most compelling actionable idea on the challenges of gerontology", in preparation for the Inaugural Summit of the Global Agenda that will take place November 7 to 9th in Dubai.A good number of SharpBrains readers and clients offered their insights - and expressed an interest in reading the draft. So below you have - a proposal to create a Global Consortium for Neurocognitive Fitness Innovation, building on our existing market research and advisory services work. Your thoughts? ----- The Context Growing Demands on Our Brains: Picture 6.7 billion Primitive Brains inhabiting a Knowledge Society where lifelong learning and mastering constant change in complex environments are critical for pr... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1925050 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:21:34 +0100 1925050 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1870894&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F10%2F12%2Fthat-old-social-bugaboo-again-still%2F So, recently I was observed while teaching an evening class, and a couple weeks later had the opportunity to meet and discuss the professor’s observations.  Except for one problem, most everything else can easily be resolved. I was able to explain how the combination of illness and exhaustion were affecting me, as well as how accessory [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1870894 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:09:18 +0100 1870894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1826754&cid=t_110502_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F402296770%2F Brain-fitness plan can improve memory (Sydney Morning Herald), reports on the recent endorsement of Posit Science's programs (Posit Science Program Classic, focused on auditory processing training, and Posit Science Cortex™ with InSight™, on visual processing). Quotes: - "While the group says it has concerns about endorsing a commercial product selling for almost $400, it is confident the benefits to the community will be wide-ranging." - "Likely purchasers of the program include nursing homes, libraries and telecentres and groups supporting and servicing dementia sufferers." - "This is core business for us ... one of our clear strategic objectives is to assist the community to reduce the risk of developing dementia," Alzheimer's Australia strategic direct... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1826754 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:47:49 +0100 1826754 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1768963&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F09%2F06%2F21059%2F Holy Shit. (And no, I’m not going to apologise for taking Shit’s name in vain…) Normally I love technology.  When human beings mystify me in their endless capacity to engage in rudeness and biases and cognitive fallacies, I know that I can trust machinery to perform sensibly.  Sure, things break down, and sometimes they frustrate us because [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1768963 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:08:50 +0100 1768963 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1739246&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F08%2F28%2Fmama-said%2F ‘There’ll be days like this,’ ‘There’ll be days like this,’ Mama said.” The Shirelles, “Mama Said” Coming down with some virus most likely, as the school nurse says it doesn’t look like strep throat (despite the sore throat that’s making it hard to lecture).  I can deal with that. Headache, only ’bout a 4 out of 10, not so [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1739246 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:31:05 +0100 1739246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1671581&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F08%2F01%2Fa-few-updates%2F The 92nd Edition of the Skeptic’s Circle is up, and The Lay Scientist gives us the latest press conference news as given by the Team Skeptic Manager Martin, from the state-of-the-art Olympic training facility in Beijing!  Prepare to be amazed — but never bamboozled. The July issue of the Pain-blog Carnival is now up at How [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1671581 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:43:30 +0100 1671581 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1672160&cid=t_110502_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F351742865%2F Here you are have the twice-a-month newsletter with our most popular blog posts. Please remember that you can subscribe to receive this Newsletter by email, simply by submitting your email at the top of this page. News and Events Brain Health Promotion by the American Society on Aging: You may be interested in the excellent agenda the American Society on Aging has put together for health professionals, from September 2-5th in San Francisco, devoting a full day to Brain Health. Alvaro will participate in 3 of the sessions, including giving a keynote on the Future of Brain Health. Can Google Kill Neurons and Rewire Your Whole Brain?: The Atlantic Monthly published an article titled Is Google Making Us Stupid, which basically blamed Google for literally rewiring our brains into more stupid b... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1672160 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:25:42 +0100 1672160 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1668956&cid=t_110502_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F350618848%2F Some recent brain training and health news: 1) A Promising Debut for Computerized Therapies 2) Fitness protects brain in Alzheimer's patients 3) Brain Fitness Program Classic comes to Mac 4) Posit Science gains ownership of Scientific Learning (NSDQ: SCIL)´s BrainConnection. 5) Brain training on your mobile  6) You must remember this: how the mind works Here you have the links and my commentary for these news: 1) A Promising Debut for Computerized Therapies - "Against this difficult background, researchers at Yale report a paradigm-shifting approach that closes the gap to cost-effective real-world delivery of an effective cognitive-behavioral therapy(CBT) program for substance dependence. Cleverly called computer-based training for cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT4CBT),this info... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1668956 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:04:47 +0100 1668956 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1556393&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F07%2F01%2Fmental-menus%2F (WARNING: This is one of those posts that starts off tangentially. Sometimes that’s the way communication works.) If you peruse the books in the travel sections of stores and libraries, you can find pocket-size volumes of useful phrases in different languages. While pantomiming works well for some situations*, there are times when having the [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1556393 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:51:43 +0100 1556393 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1322389&cid=t_110502_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fsun-spelling-bee-or-hangman.html If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times [a day!] Those electronic game devices are the scourge of my life. However, they are the single most motivating force in the boys’ lives. It’s hard to pin point which feature is most annoying: the irritating, monotonous tunes that jangle through my brain, the inability of anyone to wear a set of head phones, the squeaks and yells that they utter continuously whilst playing, their meltdowns of frustration as the fight their way up the learning curve of a new game or new level, Then today, what do I find? I find that the wireless feature, that we parents have been unable to locate, utilize or translate, they discover for themselves. As if this isn’t proof enough of their innate abilities, we also learn that they are willing to com... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1322389 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:31:00 +0100 1322389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1321126&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F03%2F22%2Fmore-cross-cultural-communiques%2F What do you do when you are trying to get a technical project started, or get feedback on it partway through, or even get it finished, and some of the people with whom you work have this strange inability to just reply to an e-mail or memo ? You need information — simple data, [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1321126 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:15:11 +0100 1321126 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1304977&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F03%2F15%2Fheadlining%2F I’m going to tell you a story. It’s about a recent presentation I gave on Auditory Processing Disorder. Afterwards one of the attendees had some specific questions, and I had some ideas to offer. Here’s how it goes: One of the things that I had mentioned that APD wasn’t really “curable”, but that one could improve some skills [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1304977 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:43:40 +0100 1304977 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1298180&cid=t_110502_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F250211755%2F Eric Jensen is a former middle school teacher and former adjunct professor for several universities including the University of California, San Diego. He co-founded the Learning Brain Expo, a conference for educators, and has written 21 books on the brain and learning. Jensen is currently completing his PhD coursework. His most recent book, Enriching the Brain: How to Maximize Every Learner's Potential (Jossey-Bass, 2006), is highly recommended for educators and parents alike. He wrote this recent article in Phi Delta Kappan in February 2008, sparking a healthy debate on the value of neuroscience applied to education.    Eric, thank you for your time. Can you explain the role that you and your organization play? We act as translators between the neuroscience and education fields, hel... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1298180 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:24:12 +0100 1298180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1271481&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F03%2F02%2Fyou-mean-hes-not-bi%2F File this one (like SO many things) under, “Things the rest of the world already knows about, that I just discovered” … But first, a wee back-story is necessary. On the other side of a wall in the college tutoring room is the prep room for the cafeteria. The cafeteria workers like to [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1271481 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:18:06 +0100 1271481 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1249091&cid=t_110502_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F239080938%2F Two interesting company press releases, one yesterday one today, showing how cognitive interventions may be helpful no matter our age, from kids to seniors, as long as we understand what those "tools" are supposed to do and don't expect, or are promised, miracles: Dakim ® , Inc. Secures $10.6 Million Series C Funding Led by Galen Partners - "an innovator in brain fitness technology solutions, today announced the completion of a $10.6 million Series C financing. The round was led by Galen Partners, a leading private equity firm specializing in healthcare investing...Mr. Jahns said, “Dakim has developed an innovative, affordable and practical solution to assist the rapidly aging population maintain their brain health and fight Alzheimer’s disease." ... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1249091 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:38:06 +0100 1249091 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1220692&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F02%2F09%2Ffishing-with-the-wrong-bait%2F The other day (er, week) I promised to post some thoughts on AIT, so here they are. There are plenty of treatments offered to cure or improve Auditory Processing Disorder (APD). Auditory processing is not just about hearing. Hearing is the sensory business that the ears do, and the auditory processing is what the brain [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1220692 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:43:16 +0100 1220692 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1193029&cid=t_110502_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F226932524%2F As we have been doing for the last 6 months, here you are have the Monthly Digest of our Most Popular Blog Posts. You can consider it your monthly Brain Fitness/ Training Newsletter. (Also, remember that you can subscribe to receive our blog RSS feed, or to our monthly newsletter at the top of this page if you want to receive this Monthly Digest by email).   Let me first introduce our new roster of Expert Contributors, highlighting first an article by Duke University's Dr. David Rabiner, a leading authority on attention deficits and author of the Attention Research Update newsletter, on the "promising, yet unproven" value of neurofeedback for attention deficits: How Strong is the Research Support for Neurofeedback.  Two other great articles by our Expert Contributors th... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1193029 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:17:42 +0100 1193029 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1146456&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F13%2Falds-in-the-classroom%2F On my page about Auditory Processing Disorder, someone had enquired if using ALDs (Assistive Listening Devices) in the classroom would be helpful. Her daughter, like many students, did not want to be singled out by using them and perceived by her peers as being “weird”. I thought I would expand upon the response [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1146456 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:55:42 +0100 1146456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1134655&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F08%2Fmystery-jam-and-other-achievements%2F I lost a label. I don’t mean the sticky label missing from the jar of “mystery jam” in my pantry (the goo is yellow, so I’m pretty sure it’s last summer’s ginger-pear jam), but rather a diagnostic label. For many parents, one of the highlights or milestones in life is for their [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1134655 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:10:46 +0100 1134655 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1124887&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F02%2Fresolved%2F I want to find a local coffeehouse / restaurant / pub that is quiet, damnit! Not whisper-quiet, simply quiet enough where my hubby and I can talk and both hear and understand each other. I want to find a place that does not employ the latest design conceits of noise magnification: “Hey I know! [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1124887 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:44:18 +0100 1124887 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1107037&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F12%2F20%2Fi-have-something-to-tell-you%2F Well, with all the buzzing going on around more noisome news, I was certainly glad to find something sweet during a recent forage of my news source trapline*. It’s a new-ish piece of Assistive Technology (AT) for communication! But this post isn’t just about a nifty little mechanism (which I’ll get to in a [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1107037 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:44:47 +0100 1107037 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1103788&cid=t_110502_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F202470542%2F Sharon Begley, Newsweek’s science reporter, recently recently wrote that - “With the nation’s 78 million baby boomers approaching the age of those dreaded “where did I leave my keys?” moments, it’s no wonder the market for computer-based brain training has shot up from essentially zero in 2005 to $80 million this year, according to the consulting firm SharpBrains.” - “Now comes the largest and most rigorous study of a commercially-available training program, and it shows that there is hope for aging brains. This morning, at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, scientists are presenting data showing that after eight weeks of daily one-hour sessions with Brain Fitness 2.0 from Posit Science, elderly volunteers got measurably better in their brain’s speed an... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1103788 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:53:38 +0100 1103788 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1061066&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F11%2F30%2Fwelcome-to-the-first-ring-of-hell%2F I’m going to send in a couple of job applications for biology teaching positions at community colleges. With some 200 credit hours of college education, I’ve been exposed to enough teachers to know that I teach better than some of them. I’ve had a course in college teaching, over a decade of teaching [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1061066 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:44:01 +0100 1061066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1040422&cid=t_110502_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F187798615%2F We presented these important results at the Annual Meeting of GSA, because aging experts need to spread the word that cognitive decline is not an inevitable part of aging,” said Dr. Zelinski. “Doing the properly designed cognitive activities can actually enhance abilities as you age.” View Study Poster presented at the GSA. I will be interviewing Elizabeth Zelinski as part of our Neuroscience Interview Series, so keep tuned. One clarification: this is not the first study to show how cognitive training can generalize beyond the tasks directly trained. Others have already shown an effect on cognitive abilities and even on real-world tasks, on a variety of age groups and trained functions. But the size of it (468 participants) makes it by far the largest that does so, and the effects... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1040422 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:24:47 +0100 1040422 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=971458&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F23%2Fmore-captions-w00t%2F This is a really quick post, owing to the fact that I need to try for getting more sleep than I got last night, which was of the “not more than four hours, total” interrupted variety. I just found that those great folks at public television station WGBH in Boston, who pioneered closed-caption television shows lo-these-many-years [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=971458 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:20:39 +0100 971458 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=909414&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F28%2Fpower-surges-and-outtages%2F “Power surges” is the common joke phrase referring to having menopausal hot flashes. Oh, yes. Because what’s life without something new to deal with? And naturally, it’s something inter-twined with everything else. Generally when women experience menopause, it’s because their hormones are going from the usual monthly oscillation to a damped oscillation, where [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=909414 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:11:12 +0100 909414 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=896084&cid=t_110502_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F160836992%2F My son Charlie’s responses to sounds are varied and inconsistent. It always takes him some days or even weeks to get used to the voice of a new person, and I’m never quite sure how much of a conversation he might be hearing, or even to what unfamiliar noises on the street or in a store he hears, especially when the sounds are unexpected. Researchers are identifying what part of the brain is responsible for auditory processing. Earlier studies have suggested that a region called the planum temporale (”located above and behind the auditory cortex,” notes Scientific American) is where sounds are localized in space; it was thought that this region of the brain was only responsible for intentional processing of sound (see Science Daily). A new study published in Neuron ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=896084 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:21:28 +0100 896084 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=886296&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F20%2Fbut-its-not-the-same%2F Dave Hingsburger recently had a very nice column about the pros and cons of labelling. He made some very fine points, including the key idea that, “the issue is how we value the difference that is labeled.” This reminded me of something similarly related, which is how we value the accommodations. With many [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=886296 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:31:54 +0100 886296 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=853570&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F09%2Fhow-hard-can-it-be%2F A few years ago I had the pleasure of providing the annual Inservice training session for a university’s tutoring department. One of the themes I explored in brief was how tutees, especially those with various learning disabilities, may have processing difficulties. We have to take information in, make sense of it, retrieve information, [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=853570 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 22:38:47 +0100 853570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=823043&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F26%2Fnot-falling-for-this-bait%2F So in honor of my annoying companion “Syd” (my tinnitus), today I’m looking at methods for dealing with auditory processing issues. One thing you’ll find on the Web is AIT, specifically, “Berard Auditory Integration Training”. (Which I suppose would be abbreviated as BAIT.) “Everything happens as if human behavior were largely conditioned by the [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=823043 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:36:47 +0100 823043 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=822003&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F25%2Fsyd%2F This sucks. It’s one of those problems that has gone from intermittent to nearly-constant. There’s really nothing to be done about it. I ask my doctor every few years, just in case. But no, there is no cure. There’s not even much to do about tinnitus. When at home or [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=822003 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:11:52 +0100 822003 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=734867&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F14%2Fsocial-captioning%2F Hubby & I were taking a walk down the neighborhood park pathway. After several “hundred-year-advent floods” that happened within the same decade, the diverse planning committees finally realised that the streamway areas will flood and that it’s easier to work with nature, therefore, they shouldn’t allow building permits in these zones. Instead, they [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=734867 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 22:40:08 +0100 734867 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=692395&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F23%2Fwhich-is-better%2F When people ask, “Which is better?” for most anything, my response is, “Better for what?” The same is true for any kind of debate about different teaching approaches, whether the subject is language, mathematics, or how we design classroom environments. Take for example the whole debate about phonics versus whole-word approaches to reading. Each method is [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=692395 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:09:26 +0100 692395 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676174&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F08%2Fis-it-cc%2F Description: The Closed Captioning symbol, a black frame in a horizontal rectangle, with a white television screen shape inside, displaying a pair of letter Cs. This icon is used in North America to denote television programming that carried the accessory closed captioning signal. (I like to give artists credit, so I’ll mention that it [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676174 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:09:50 +0100 676174 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=577428&cid=t_110502_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fpick-your-poison.html “You drink potty water! You drink potty water! You drink potty water!” he giggles. I am uncertain what developmental stage this signifies? I do know that the difference between his chronological age and developmental age is narrowing. I should be celebrating this breakthrough, I think?Everyone is at home as it is the weekend. The child lacking volume control skips and spins around the room working himself up into a frenzy. I down a bottle of ensure as I don’t have the time to create a more interesting liquid. I dither, what should I be doing with whom? He is happy and vaguely foul mouthed. He does have some wiggles to wear off. Which is more important? I tune him out, whilst I listen to the exchange between the other two. I have no idea how many hundreds of beastly little Pokemons th... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=577428 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:38:00 +0100 577428 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=577348&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F28%2Fthe-glass-box%2F It’s a strange hollow, invisible kind of feeling. As though I could fade away just sitting there, because my own personal reality has so little bearing on what happens. There it is again in the after-school period. The hallways have just quit echoing with the tintinnabulation of the class bell, the clanging of slammed lockers, [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=577348 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:17:48 +0100 577348 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=487589&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F03%2F04%2Frecess-sunday-funnies%2F Recess means we take a break and play; it’s important to do that once in a while. Today I have a cartoon from today’s funny pages, “Pearls Before Swine” by Stephen Pastis. This one made it to our refrigerator. Everyone has difficulties understanding voice-mail messages once in a while. Those of us with [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=487589 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:31:31 +0100 487589 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=487595&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F02%2F11%2Fcentenary-retrospective%2F “This process of the good life is not, I am convinced, a life for the faint-hearted. It involves the stretching and growing of becoming more and more of one’s potentialities. It involves the courage to be. It means launching oneself fully into the stream of life.” ~ Carl Rogers Wow. The other day I was looking [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=487595 Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:04:07 +0100 487595 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=487597&cid=t_110502_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F02%2F03%2Frunning-with-the-red-queen%2F Everyone in life has to compensate in some manner or another, because no one excels at everything. If you are not mechanically inclined, you take your car to a shop to get the oil changed, and you call a plumber to fix leaks or replace worn faucets. If you’re not comfortable with arithmetic calculations, you [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=487597 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 22:01:29 +0100 487597