The article provides an overview of central auditory processing (CAP) dysfunction and reviews research on approaches to improve perceptual skills; to provide discrimination training for communicative and reading disorders; to increase memory and analysis skills and dichotic listening; to provide speech-in-noise training; and to amplify speech as…

Auditory training using time-compressed reading materials did not increase comprehension of 11 educable mentally retarded children (6-12 years old). Possible explanations, including insufficient training time, are offered. (CL)

This paper reviews two models for auditory compensation attending visual loss--structural and strategic. The paper concludes that it is not clear to what extent differences in auditory processing represent variations in underlying capacity, the development of strategies, attentional activation, or multiple factors. Previous dismissals of…

This review of nonstandard treatments as they relate to individuals with mental retardation reveals attempts to increase intelligence and make individuals "normal." Covering the early 1930s through the present, the review addresses: cell therapy, electric shock, behavior modification, vitamin B-6 therapy, Doman-Delacato treatment,…

Differences in the delayed recall performance of auditory stimuli that were linguistic-meaningful (words), linguistic-nonmeaningful (nonsense syllables), nonlinguistic-meaningful (environmental sounds), and nonlinguistic-nonmeaningful (pure tones) were evaluated with 20 normal and 20 learning disabled children 5 to 9 years of age. (Author/DB)

The development of listening skills in deaf children requires emphasis during the child's entire waking day, selection of an appropriate hearing aid, educational intervention, and sequentially organized teaching-learning experiences. (Author/LS)

Noted are six techniques used in an infant program to aid communication between oral deaf parents and their deaf infants. (LS)

TWO PROCEDURES FOR TRAINING ENLISTED MEN WERE COMPARED FOR THEIR EFFICIENCY IN TRAINING TWO AUDITORY JUDGMENTS. PROMPTING INVOLVED PRESENTATION OF THE CORRECT ANSWER BEFORE THE PRESENTATION OF THE STIMULUS. FEEDBACK INVOLVED PRESENTATION OF THE CORRECT ANSWER AFTER THE MEN HAD JUDGED THE STIMULUS. RESULTS INDICATE (1) A SUBSTANTIAL TREND TOWARD…

Described in the handbook are 30 auditory training games for aurally handicapped children (3-12 years old). Information is provided on activity equipment, materials, and directions for nursery, primary and hard of hearing or advanced deaf students. Skills are sequenced from gross discrimination, identification, pitch, rhythm and fluency to voice…

The catalog lists 24 commercially available listening skills materials for visually impaired students. Materials were selected for inclusion by a committee of educators for the visually impaired; some materials may require minimal modification (such as transcribing answer sheets into braille). An introduction describes seven functional areas of…

Can a child's ability to read and write be influenced by early musical training? Audrey Wisbey's views on the subject have aroused considerable interest. (Editor)

This series of school books is based upon the principle that children may be taught to spell and read by sound thousands of English words as easily as words are taught in German schools. This textbook is a reader used for spelling instruction. It uses the phonic method and avoids diacritical marks. To gather material for making the teaching of…