Results of an experiment in which two speech sounds were presented simultaneously to the two ears in normal and unilaterally brain-damaged subjects suggest a role for the nondominant cerebral hemisphere in processing and/or storage of competing speech stimuli. (KW)

This study compared affective responses to written and oral presentations of triadic situations of three groups: fourth graders (concrete operational), eighth graders, and freshmen in college (formal operational) to see whether the variation in stimulus mode produces a different kind of response in the eighth graders. (Author/NH)

The judgment of vocal affect was studied in 19 language delayed children and 19 children with normal language. The children identified utterances spoken in an angry, happy, or sad tone of voice. The language delayed children made significantly fewer correct judgments. (Author/SEW)

To determine the auditory acuity levels and responsiveness of seven deaf blind multihandicapped young children, the authors developed systematic observation procedures that can be used by parents, teachers, and teacher aides. The advantages of this approach and suggestions for further work are described. A case study is reported. (Author)

Normal and retarded adolescents recalled consonants after 0, 9, and 27 seconds of tonal detection and performed the detection task without recall. Subjects were classified as rehearsers or nonrehearsers, depending upon variations in tonal detection accuracy or response times across conditions. Normal and retarded nonrehearsers showed equal…

The effects of visual prompting, aural prompting, and visual/aural prompting on the representation of words or phrases received aurally were investigated. Results indicated that prereading children responded differently to phrases received in normal language versus the other cued conditions. (Author/GK)

To examine developmental aspects of auditory sensory memory, a series of experiments was conducted on the stimulus suffix effect with the primary variables being age of subject (7 and 11 years), rates of presentation, and length of list. Effects were nearly identical across age groups when a fast presentation rate was used. (Author/DB)

Eleven infants with Down's syndrome and 10 of 11 nonhandicapped infants operated an automatic device which enabled them to choose to listen to nursery rhymes sung or played on musical instruments. Both groups preferred the singing, and the Down's Syndrome infants had much longer response durations for the more complex auditory stimuli. (Author/DB)

Discusses the use of visual/aural stimuli in presenting poetry and literature. A step-by-step script for a slide/tape presentation is included. (HTH)

In four experiments, evidence was found for a complex psychological representation of musical pitch. The perception of music depends not only on psychoacoustic properties of the tones, but also on processes that relate the tones to one another through contact with a well-defined and complex psychological representation of musical pitch. (Author/RD)

Forty preschoolers performed a sentence imitation task under four conditions: immediate or delayed imitation of auditorily presented stimuli or immediate or delayed imitation of auditorily and pictorially presented stimuli. Immediate imitation subjects produced fewer total errors and more verbatim responses than did delay interval subjects.…

Examines listeners' use of acoustic properties in making personal attributions. In three experiments, subjects listened to recordings of male speakers answering two interview questions and rated the speakers on a variety of scales. (CM)