Auditory Processing- Tackle the Root Cause

Alysa Stephens • 28 November 2025

Understanding Auditory Processing

The Best-Kept Secret in Education

 

If you’re a parent or teacher working with children between the ages of 5 and 18, you’ve likely seen struggles that don’t quite add up. Maybe they can’t follow directions. Maybe reading comprehension is a battle. Maybe they seem impulsive or socially behind their peers. What if the root cause of those challenges isn’t behavior… but auditory processing?

 

For more than 30 years, Dr. Jan Bedell—Neurodevelopmentalist and founder of Brain Sprints—has called auditory processing the best-kept secret in education. Improving this one skill can be

life-changing for a child’s learning, behavior, and confidence.

 

What Is Auditory Processing?

 

Auditory processing is short-term memory for anything that comes in through the ears. It’s the brain’s ability to take in verbal information, hold it together long enough to use it, and bring it back out accurately.

 

How Low Auditory Processing Affects a Child

 

•  Difficulty following directions

•   Trouble staying on task

•   Weak reading and listening comprehension

•   Impulsivity

•   Social immaturity

•   Phonics

 

Real Results Happen Fast

 

With targeted neurodevelopmental activities, auditory processing can improve quickly. Many families see gains of a full year or more in just a four months.

 

Give Your Child the Gift of Strong Auditory Processing

 

Download the free Auditory Processing Test Kit at BrainSprints.com and start strengthening your child’s learning foundations today.


⭐ Recommended Brain Sprints Products for Improving Auditory Processing


At Brain Sprints, we don’t just identify the root cause of learning struggles — we equip families and educators with the tools to change the brain. If your child is struggling with auditory short-term memory, comprehension, phonics, or following directions, the following resources can accelerate progress:


🔊 Auditory Mini Program


The Auditory Mini Program is our most focused and efficient tool for strengthening auditory short-term memory.

It provides simple, targeted activities that take just a few minutes per day and are designed using the NeuroDevelopmental principles of frequency, intensity, and duration.


Many families see a full year of improvement in just a few months with consistent use.


🧠Additional products to improve auditory processing


     Digit Span Card,

     Auditory Object Sequence Cards- Novice or Pro

     Color Number Sequence Cards


🌟 Why These Tools Matter


Every Brain Sprints product is designed around the same NeuroDevelopmental principles that Dr. Jan has taught for decades. When auditory processing increases:


Behavior improves


Attention stabilizes


Reading becomes easier


Phonics “clicks”


Math skills accelerate


Social interactions improve


And most importantly — children feel confident again.


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