THIS HANDBOOK OUTLINES THE PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES IN THE OPERATION OF THE SPEECH AND HEARING PROGRAMS IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, SCHOOL SYSTEM AND DESCRIBES THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SUPERVISOR OF THE SPEECH AND HEARING PROGRAMS, SPEECH AND HEARING THERAPIST, HEARING THERAPIST, SPECIAL CLASS TEACHER, AND AUDIOMETRIST. A…

DESIGNED FOR STUDENT AND PRACTICING SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS, THIS BOOK DISCUSSES THE HISTORY OF AUDITORY TRAINING, PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH HEARING LOSS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORAL LANGUAGE, BASIC CONCEPTS OF AUDITORY PERCEPTION, AND SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF AUDITORY TRAINING. SUCH ASPECTS INCLUDE--(1) FACTORS RELATING TO AUDITORY TRAINING,…

SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR CULTURALLY DIFFERENT AND DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE DISCUSSED. SPECIAL EMPHASIS IS GIVEN TO THE BASAL READING PROGRAM IN WHICH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS, HIGH MOBILITY, AND LOW ASPIRATIONS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO READ AT OR ABOVE GRADE LEVELS. IN THIS PROGRAM CHILDREN…

Intended for parents helping their children with reading disabilities, the book describes specific activities in eight areas. The eight areas include general suggestions for the study period, hand and eye coordination activities, phonics training, ear training, reading, relaxation activities, muscle memory, writing, and spelling. Thirteen…

Several experiments that manipulate stuttering by the use of delayed auditory feedback (DAF) and the prolongation of speech are reported. In a study on six severe stutterers (aged 15 to 47), self monitoring as a source of reinforcement in the use of DAF reduced stuttering frequency. Stuttering frequency was investigated with six severe stutterers…

This book is designed for use by the preschool and kindergarten instructor as an outline for teaching the sound and name of each letter of the alphabet. It may also serve as a speech improvement program for those students who may enter school with one or more articulation errors. The program may be used in other grades as a supplement to classroom…

This study tested which, if any, of three listening training methods would make a significant difference in the listening ability of high school students. From 17 public and parochial schools in the greater Kansas City, Missouri, area, 615 students were selected and pre- and post-tested with alternate forms of a "cloze" listening test devised by…

The effects of a Title III program on the reading and auding achievement of first- and second-grade pupils in Thompson School District, Colorado, were investigated. Subjects were 85 first graders and 15 second graders in the project rooms and 69 first graders and 20 second graders in control rooms at a neighboring school district. Treatment in the…

An overview of an oral school, Child's Voice, for children who are deaf or hard of hearing is presented. Key features include low student-teacher ratios, teachers trained as oral educators, ongoing staff and parent education, specialized curricula, and a strong emphasis on listening and speaking throughout the day. (Contains references.)…

This paper, discussing use of electrical stimulation by postlingually deafened adults to supplement speechreading, focuses on: information conveyed by vision, acoustic information needed to resolve visual confusions, basic psychophysical abilities of cochlear implant patients, auditory-alone and audiovisual perception by cochlear-implant patients,…

Research is reviewed on auditory-visual speech perception of hearing-impaired individuals. The review focuses on: the effects of competing noise, filtering, age, stimulus and noise, and hearing loss on perceptual behavior; bisensory communication evaluation procedures; and remediation of bisensory perceptual problems through consonant recognition…

A multisensory sound lab has been developed at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (District of Columbia). A special floor allows vibrations to be felt, and a spectrum analyzer displays frequencies and harmonics visually. The lab is used for science education, auditory training, speech therapy, music and dance instruction, and relaxation…

Eighty children, ages 3 to 17, with autism or Asperger's syndrome and mild to severe distress in the presence of some sounds received either auditory training or a control condition of listening to the same music. Significant improvements in behavior, severity of autism, and IQ were achieved and maintained for 12 months by both groups. (Author/DB)

A musical ear is widely accepted as an essential ingredient in the education of successful music students. Most music educators believe that without a well-developed ear, it's impossible for a musician to function on a professional level as a teacher, conductor, performer, or composer. The purpose of this article is to introduce the concept of…

This curriculum was designed to help teachers teach their fourth-grade students about hearing and the effects of loud noises on hearing. The program describes the human ear and how it works, explains the health effects of noise, and offers ways for students to protect their hearing from unsafe noise levels. Students are taught how hearing is…