One way to reduce the symptoms of APD as much as possible is to train listening skills.
Just as muscles that are not used become weak, a person's faculties become weaker and weaker if they are not used.
The same is true for the ability to listen.
Therefore, training the ability to listen and developing the ability to hear, even if only a little, can help to lighten the symptoms of APD.
The best way to train your listening skills is to actually communicate.
Train yourself by having lots of conversations with family and friends.
Let's take a look at how to specifically train listening skills.
By the way, there are other ways to improve APD besides training.
Please refer to "If you realize you have APD, train to listen and create an environment".
Actual conversation is the best training
The best communication training is actual communication.
Of course, you can improve your communication skills by communicating with complete strangers! This is not to say that we do not have to do this.
Ask someone who knows about APD, whether it be a family member or a close friend, to practice communication with you.
There will be many times when you will mishear or not understand.
Nevertheless, by repeating communication, you will improve your ability to predict what you did not hear.
Furthermore, through repetition, you will gain confidence in your communication.
Keep practicing and getting used to communicating!
Use auditory training materials
There are materials in the world for auditory training.
These materials are mainly CDs.
Many of them involve listening to an audio story or answering questions.
If you don't want to go out of your way to buy materials, the radio or audiobooks are also good practice materials.
In any case, you need to become accustomed to audio, information from your ears.
At that time, don't just listen to what you hear, but listen to the story with a clear image of what is being said.
Increase the amount of words you know
Unfortunately, if you don't know a word, you don't know what it means, no matter how well you can hear it.
For example, when you hear Vietnamese on audio, you can certainly understand what the person is saying, but you don't know what they are trying to convey.
But if you know Vietnamese, you can communicate normally.
The same thing happens in Japanese.
If you don't know the meaning of a word, you don't know what the other person wants to say.
Therefore, increasing your vocabulary is also a necessary part of listening to what is being said.
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