2.3: Auditory Training Flashcards
What are the goals of auditory training?
Speech Recognition
Utilization of Sound
Auditory Integration
What are some examples of meaningful use of sound?
Recognizing environmental sounds
Understanding speech
Overhearing conversations
Integrating sounds into daily activities
.”Hearing loss is not about the _______; it’s about the __________.”
ears; brain
_____________ is acoustic access to the brain
Hearing
______________ is attending to acoustic events with intentionality
Listening
What is the main thing auditory training promotes?
Quality of life
4 Design Principles to Organize Auditory Training
- Auditory Skill Level
- Stimulus Unit
- Activity Type
- Difficulty Level
What 4 areas define Auditory Skill Level?
Sound Awareness (present or not?) Sound Discrimination (same or different) Sound Identification (able to label) Sound Comprehension (language)
Training that uses stimulus units that are segments of speech in isolation
Analytic Training
Training that uses stimulus units that train understanding of the whole message
Synthetic Training
When a formal activity is used in Auditory Training, it is a/an ______________ approach
analytic
When an informal activity is chosen for Auditory Training, it is a/an ______________ approach
synthetic
At what rate of success should a facilitator move to the next level of auditory training?
80% success rate
At what rate of success should a facilitator drop the level of difficulty in an auditory training task?
50% or below
Which is more difficult: Closed Set or Open Set? Complete Sentences or Words? Similar or Dissimilar Stimuli? High or Low Context? Structured or Spontaneous? Good or Bad SNR?
Open set more difficult. Complete Sentences more difficult. Similar Stimuli more difficult. Low context more difficult. Spontaneous more difficult. Bad SNR more difficult.
A band of frequencies that are resonated, or boosted in energy, by the vocal tract.
Formants
What are the fundamental frequencies for:
Males
Females
Children
Males: 130 Hz
Females: 260 Hz
Children: 400 Hz
Widely used test that tests for sound frequencies in the speech spectrum
Ling Sounds Test
How is the Ling Sounds Test administered?
1-2 yrds away
Normal voice
Random presentation
Use screen or from behind
What are some Auditory Training Software Programs?
CASPERSent: Computer-assisted Speech Perception Testing and Training at eh Sentence Level
CATS: Computer Assisted Tracking Simulation and Computer Assisted Speech Training
CAST Computer-Assisted Speech Training
LACE- Listening and Communication Enhancement
eARena- developoed by Siemens Hearing Inst.
What are some disadvantages to using computer and at-home training programs?
Patients not always disciplined to complete tasks at home
Older patients less receptive to computer-based training tools
Detecting vowels, discriminating different vowels, etc. are examples of what type of auditory training objectives?
Analytic Objectives
Addressing suprasegmentals would be part of what type of Auditory Training Objectives?
Synthetic Objectives
What are suprasegmentals?
The prosodic elements of speech, including pitch, rate, intensity and duration.
T/F: The benefits of Auditory Training have been difficult to measure.
True.
What are the Ling Sounds?
oo ah ee sh s m
What are the advantages of using computer assisted software for auditory training?
Programs can simulate a wide variety of listening environments and situations
Activities can be administered at home
Why do we use the Ling Sounds?
The 6 Ling Sounds represent all the general frequency levels of speech sounds. The test reveals whether or not all the necessary frequencies for speech recognition are being detected by the HI patient.
