Your daughter has a language-based learning disability. This means that she has difficulty using phonics when she reads and writes.

I share your concern.

The following articles provide you with some basic information about learning disabilities:

Specific learning disability is the official term used today for students with learning disabilities.

According to government regulations, students with learning disabilities have “disorders in one or more basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using language, spoken or written,

Some professionals prefer to use terms that have been used for the past 50 years and that describe the primary problem.

You describe auditory distractibility that has been noted since he started school (first grade). I suspect that you see the same behaviors at home and in activities.