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	Podcast:		UC Science Today
	Episode:		Understanding Sensory Processing Disorder
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:01:02
	Publish Date:		2016-02-08 00:00:00
	Description:		Sensory Processing Disorder, or SPD, is a condition that makes it hard for people to process sensory input, like sounds and tactile sensations. This happens because parts of the brain can’t interpret sensory information correctly. Child neurologist Elysa Marco of the University of California, San Francisco describes a common scenario in a child with this disorder. "Usually it’s an auditory input, a sound. So the top three are vacuum cleaners, blenders, automatic-flushing toilets. Kids between the age of six months and five years will, as soon as they can move themselves, run screaming from the room, hands over their ears when one these kinds of sounds gets into their world. I do think there probably is something about the low pitch hum that seems to hit a particular neural frequency, but we have no idea. The research in this field, really in some ways is just beginning." Marco was part of a groundbreaking study showing that kids with SPD have measurable brain differences that were distinct from other neurodevelopmental disorders. Learn more about the UCSF team conducting this research: http://anp.ucsf.edu/overview/spd
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