Personal Narrative: Auditory Processing Disorder

“Leslie” I turned as I heard my name said. My friend Savannah had called me. She continued to talk, but for I was unable to understand what she had said. Even after she had repeated herself multiple times, I still struggled comprehend what she was trying to tell me. Finally, she said half-jokingly “Leslie, I am speaking English!”
When I started second grade, I struggled with reading and spelling. Wondering why, my parents took me to see an audiologist. After running several different tests, they discovered that while my hearing was normal, I had an auditory processing disorder. This meant that even though I could hear, my brain had trouble taking the sounds and correctly interpreting them. I struggled with reading because I had trouble understanding