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Title: Like Sound Through Water : A Mother's Journey Through Auditory Processing Disorder by Karen J. Foli ISBN: 0-7434-2199-X Publisher: Atria Pub. Date: 22 July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 (17 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Inspiration for a nervous Mom of an APD child
Comment: Dr. Foli has crafted a book which seamlessly combines a heart-wrenching story of love and commitment, with an informative work examining the symptoms and difficulties associated with Auditory Processing Disorder. With no exaggeration, I could not put this book down once I began reading it. The similarities between Dr. Foli's son's and my own son's development were chilling - the similarities between my own feelings of guilt and grief and those so eloquently described by Dr. Foli were profound.
This book is a must-read for parents of children with APD, as well as extended family, teachers, speech therapists, and school administrators who interact with APD children. I expect that my copy of "Like Sound Through Water" will have passed through many hands by the time my son graduates (from college, magna cum laude)!
Rating: 5
Summary: A Rare Find
Comment: This book is a rare find: a memoir that reads like a novel but offers so much more to the reader than a compelling story. It shows what can happen when a mother and father keep looking for the answer to the question, Why can't our son communicate with his world as other children can? Why can't he speak? Why can't he understand what is said to him?
It provides one of the best examples I've ever read of how a mother's love and belief in her child can overcome the efforts of professionals and experts to label the child, even though the label clearly doesn't fit. When I finished the book, I was filled with hope and the belief that there's so much that can be done to help these children reach their potentials.
Foli brings the reader into her home and family, unfolding the story of the journey she and her son, Ben, took to find a correct diagnosis and help. One of the things I love the most about this book is how Foli brings each event in this often difficult journey to life with sometimes painful details and often refreshingly honest humor. For example, there's a heartbreaking scene early in the book in which the child's grandfather realizes that his grandson simply doesn't understand when spoken to.
But the book is more than a memoir that I couldn't put down. It's also a firsthand account--the first one available--of what a child and family experience when a child has auditory processing disorder. I was especially interested in this because a nephew of mine has had similar difficulties communicating: garbled speech, difficulty understanding words. I really appreciated the author's detailed description of the programs and strategies that helped her son: Fast ForWord, Step 4Word, Fokes Sentence Builder, and the Lindamood-Bell LiPS programs.
Foli also provides a basic guide to auditory processing disorder in the final chapter, along with brief case studies of other children and their experiences overcoming APD. The additional resources ending the book offer a good starting place to find more information on the disorder.
All in all, this book is a refreshingly honest, well-written, and informative memoir of a mother who never, ever gave up on her son.
Rating: 3
Summary: Concerned Professional
Comment: The message this book brings about is simply that of a parent and the family's journey. The underlying experience is important. APD has so many components that are unique to each child, it is unjust to think this is the "typical outcome". Ms. Foli seems abrupt at times but I also think many of those who don't understand APD, but would lead a parent to believe they do, leads to much frustration. As far as APD being a motor speech disorder, not sure I whole heartedly buy that one... Autism is very different, but those who display Autism can definately and often display APD qualities. APD is not a stand-alone, rest-your-hat-on-this-one type of disorder. But many with who display mainly APD qualities are productive successful citizens, I consider myself one of them. If you have been told your child will not be, get a second opinion. It is not a cookie-cutter disorder. Each child is unique. Take this book for what it is, one mom's journey, but realize your own may take on similarities but also my have very different turns. Borrow this book, it is a good read, but only for the one time you will read it...want something to sink your teeth into?? Look up Terri Bellis...
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Title: When the Brain Can't Hear : Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing Disorder by Teri James Bellis ISBN: 0743428641 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 22 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Childhood Speech, Language & Listening Problems, 2nd Edition by Patricia McAleer Hamaguchi ISBN: 0471387533 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 03 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Central Auditory Processing Disorders: Mostly Management by M. Gay Masters, G. Master, Nancy A. Stecker, Jack Katz ISBN: 0205273610 Publisher: Pearson Education POD Pub. Date: 08 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $60.80 |
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Title: "Words Fail Me": How Language Works and What Happens When It Doesn't by Priscilla L. Vail ISBN: 1567620620 Publisher: Modern Learning Press Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Language Processing Problems: A Guide for Parents and Teachers by Cindy Gaulin ISBN: 0738855529 Publisher: Xlibris Corporation Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.99 |
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