I learned in college that 90 percent of people respond much better to visual cues than auditory cues and learn visually. It is rare for someone to be prone to auditory learning over visual learning. An example of this is the written word creates facts curiously faster than if someone hears word of mouth.
Basically that is very very normal. Myself included, I am much more of a visual learner.
his problem seems to go beyond what is normal.
It was enough to interfere with normal development.
He confuses certain sounds and “hears” things differently.
They call it dyslexia of the ears.
We will know more when he gets tested by a pediatric audiologist who specializes in the disorder, but they advised us to wait until he was 7 (just turned 7, and it takes around 6 months to get an appt.)
He didn’t do well in a regular audiologist test because he couldn’t understand directions well enough to complete the test.