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The Sound of Hope: Recognizing, Coping with and Treating Your Child’s Auditory Processing Disorder, by Lois Kam Heymann, M.A., CCC-SLP, is the first practical guide to help parents improve their children’s listening skills so they can communicate clearly, interact well and fare better in school—whether the child has a diagnosed disorder, learning disability, or slow language development. In addition to the insights and knowledge of this veteran speech therapist, the book also contains a stirring foreword by her star parent-client, Rosie O’Donnell.

Characterized by a confusing ability to hear but not listen well, a limited vocabulary and frustration in communication, Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) afflict 1 in 100 children and are often wrongly diagnosed as a learning disability or as ADD. There is no surgery or pill to correct the issue. And without intervention, APD can be devastating for a child as s/he enters school, where good listening skills are essential for success in the classroom.

Actress/Celebrity Rosie O’Donnell’s eight-year old son was diagnosed with this confounding disorder. Veteran speech and language therapist Lois Kam Heymann worked with the family and taught a method of interventions that dramatically helped him. He is now thriving at home and at school. O’Donnell’s moving foreword to The Sound of Hope makes clear that she wants to help spread the word about Lois’s invaluable process and techniques.

Explaining what an APD is and how skills and abilities can be improved and enhanced through parent interventions, The Sound of Hope is a groundbreaking manual for honing a child’s auditory skills. Lois offers activities, games, rhymes, songs and read-aloud texts that will promote new neural connections and enhance a child’s aural comprehension. Coaxing children to isolate sounds and build recognition for them, parents will ultimately help their child communicate better, listen more effectively and have a lifetime of better listening, learning and success.

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Published by Random House

All of the praise from Random House:

“As a parent,

nothing is more painful than to get a diagnosis that something is wrong with your child. No matter what the issue – auditory processing disorder, hearing impairment, or simple listening challenges – Lois Heymann’s advice is both a great comfort and a practical roadmap to help children reach their potential. As a parent who personally benefitted from Lois’s therapy sessions, I highly recommend this book for all families traveling down this road.”

—Lee Woodruff, author
Perfectly Imperfect

“With good listening

comes understanding. When a child doesn’t seem to be able to listen well, it’s critical that parents get involved and nurture his or her listening skills. The Sound of Hope will provide you with great ideas and simple strategies to help them build up that ‘muscle.’”

—Jo Frost, SuperNanny, and author of
Ask SuperNanny: What Every Parent Wants to Know

“Although this

wonderfully practical, sensible, and accessible book targets parents raising children with auditory processing disorders, I encourage every parent to read it. Who doesn’t need tips on how to help children listen? Heymann’s suggestions are so practical and her thoughtful explanation of how each child is unique is brilliant. I underlined feverishly as I read this book, eager to pass along the advice to the many parents I know who want to help their children develop confidence and competence and become people who look forward to learning, socializing, and exploring.”

—Dale Atkins, Ph.D., author of
Sanity Savers

the sound of hope