Moore Auditory Services PLLC
Karson Collins Moore, AuDAudiologist
Hearing Evaluations
For most people, we listen to conversations, instructions, emotions, and safety alerts ALL DAY LONG. How you hear directly impacts what you learn and how you feel. Because of this, it is important to make sure you and your family are hearing and understanding this important information.
Undiagnosed hearing loss in children has been linked to educational struggles, behavior issues, extreme fatigue, anxiety, and depression. For adults, these associations expand to include increased risk for cognitive decline, falls, poor heart health, and social isolation. Hearing health is a critical part of whole-body health.
Contact us today to see how you and your child are hearing!
Auditory Processing Assessments
Learning not only involves what you hear, but how you hear it. For children using spoken language, hearing AND UNDERSTANDING is mandatory for learning, building relationships, and understanding how the world works.
About 5% of children in the classroom and an outstanding 43% of children with learning disabilities are estimated to also have Auditory Processing Disorder (National Institute of Health).
If you have concerns for you or your child’s auditory processing skills, please reach out today. Auditory processing is not typically assessed during a standard hearing test, as it requires specialized testing.
FAQs
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While most children have a hearing screening at birth, it is estimated that 2.4-14.9% of elementary-aged children have a hearing loss. Even a mild hearing loss is linked to educational and social difficulties. An updated hearing screening or full hearing evaluation should be completed prior to any educational testing.
Even if your child responds to sounds, a mild, temporary, or hidden hearing loss could be impacting how hard they need to focus just to hear auditory information.
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Someone with Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) may experience a range of symptoms. Most often, people describe feeling they have a “hearing problem” or “disconnect” between what they hear and what they understand.
APD can be seen as: inattentiveness, daydreaming, difficulty following directions, not understanding in background noise, mishearing, consistently asking for things to be repeated, poor memory of auditory information, difficulty finding where a sound is coming from, reading/spelling difficulties, or inability to understand changes in voices/music.
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Auditory Processing Disorder/Deficits can impact anyone at any age. If you feel you or your child struggles to hear or understand the world around them, reach out to a local audiologist.
While any person with a listening difficulty should get an updated hearing test and look into an auditory processing evaluation, those with a history of recurrent ear infections, a learning disability (dyslexia, ADHD, ASD, reading or mathematical learning disability, etc.), brain injury, and the elderly are known to have a higher incidence of APD.
About 5% of elementary-aged children and 43% of children with a learning disabilities are estimated to have Auditory Processing Disorder (National Institutes of Health). This number increases dramatically for children with specific learning disabilities such as dyslexia and ADHD.
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The treatment for Auditory Processing Disorder depends on test results and should always be based on a person’s specific auditory processing difficulties.
Typically, this includes therapy techniques, environmental modification suggestions, compensation strategies, or a combination of all three. Testing may also suggest the need for support services, referrals to other specialists, and educational intervention.
Hearing Healthcare
At Moore Auditory Services, we are invested in not only what you hear, but how you hear it. We provide both full hearing evaluations and screenings, as well as evaluation and screening for auditory processing disorders. We work with other educational and health professionals to provide specialized testing, and when necessary referrals, based on an individual’s specific needs.
How we hear affects every part of our lives. We believe each child (and adult), should have supports necessary to reach their goals.
If you have concerns regarding your (or your child’s) hearing or auditory processing skills, please reach out today. We would love to be a part of your health journey.
Meet the Audiologist
Dr. Karson Collins Moore, AuD is an audiologist specializing in hearing evaluations/screenings, auditory processing evaluations, and educational support. She was raised in the Lake Norman Area, and was very happy to bring her family back to Lake Norman in 2022.
Dr. Karson received her B.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Appalachian State University and her Doctorate of Audiology at UNC Chapel Hill. She completed her 4th year externship at Charlotte Eye Ear Nose and Throat Associates, with a focus in pediatrics and cochlear implants. She has worked in both educational and clinical settings, and is very thankful that her current role allows her to combine her love for communication and education.
When not working, Dr. Karson can most likely be found gardening, cooking, or spending time outside by the lake. She also enjoys volunteering with Special Olympics as a Healthy Hearing Clinical Director for North Carolina, and loves spending time with her husband, 2 children, and dogs.