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.