Listening skills are fundamental in the author's approach to teaching music to children. As a Suzuki instructor, the author is always looking for ways to help students listen more effectively. This article sets forth ways listening can be fostered, both in private instrumental study and in general music preschool and elementary classrooms. The…

This study, conducted over a period of three weeks at the University of Kansas, attempted to determine whether knowledge of musical structure would effect greater understanding and, eventually, enjoyment of music. Experimental and control groups comprising freshmen who were not enrolled in a music course listened repeatedly to excerpts of…

Auditory integration training and a control treatment were provided for 16 British children with autism in a crossover experimental design. Significant differences showed that the control condition was superior on parent-rated measures of hyperactivity and on direct observational measures of ear occlusion. Children's IQs and language comprehension…