Musical Approach to Auditory Processing Disorder and Phonological Difficulties

Abstract

Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) is a Learning Disability (LD) that many Lebanese learners suffer from. What is needed is a method that can be implemented in schools as part of the curriculum. A musical approach can help diminish this deficit. This research aims at finding and implementing a constructive musical learning environment that could be of help to those students in order to break the barriers between them and proper education. Lebanese students with APD suffer from lack of awareness toward their particular situation. Instead of being given proper assistance without discriminating them from other students, they are treated either the same as learners without LD or in a manner that makes it hard for them to fit in with their classmates. The purpose of this paper is to examine the positive effect of the musical approach that could be of help to students with APD in Lebanon, so as to work with their phonological difficulties and prevent it from being an impediment in their learning process.