Testing of patients with bilateral asymmetrical hearing losses for differences in speech discrimination under varying listening conditions showed detrimental interaction between ears. Also, when difference between ears was greater, speech discrimination was better, and the greater the impairment in better ear, the greater results obtained by…

Two groups of 15 children (7 to 9 years old) were compared on auditory perceptual skills and academic achievement. Ss with conductive loss (CL) had histories of middle ear pathology. Overall performance of the CL Ss was significantly lower than a normal control group's, with specific deficiencies in auditory perceptual areas. (CL)

Results showed that the overall performance of the conductive loss group on the test battery was significantly lower than that of the normal control group. Performance of the experimental group was also significantly lower in specific auditory perceptual areas. (Author)

Reviewed is research which has investigated failure in auditory processing as a cause of language and learning disorders (including defective articulation, aphasia, dyslexia, and specific learning disability) in children and adults. (Author/LS)

Discussed are three problems for clinicians to consider when using temporal integration data for diagnostic purposes with the aurally handicapped. Problems stem from evidence that integration time depends on frequency, that an individual can vary considerably on repeated measurements, and that integration time can differ with different…

The article reviews the literature on auditory perceptual impairments in children with language disorders. It is suggested that, rather than a higher order cognitive or "linguistic" deficit, the underlying deficit in childhood language disorders is a perceptual one. (Author)

This commentary on EC 232 373 and EC 232 374 suggests that a theory that depends on categorizing events as either stuttering or nonstuttering must fail. It evaluates the merit of the voluntary/involuntary distinction in loss of speech production control, defends research on the nature of stuttering, and proposes additional research and theory.…

The notion that response bias may spuriously influence categorical judgments on discrimination tasks with unequal response alternatives was investigated using the Wepman Auditory Discrimination Test. (Author)

Pure-tone audiometry performed monthly on nine preschool cleft palate children showed the incidence of hearing loss ranging from 25 to 71 percent from month to month, with all children experiencing a significant hearing loss at some time. (Author/KW)