Auditory Development

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auditory development in typically developing children

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• we have an innate capacity for speech perception
• auditory development begins at the formation of our auditory system in utero

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auditory system in utero and the 1st few years of life

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important to auditory neural pathway development

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neonates

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can process auditory stimuli in addition to sound awareness

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typically developing children spend their first year (and in utero)…

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listening

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auditory-verbal link

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auditory input is linked to speech and spoken language output

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the auditory-verbal link: input

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• auditory perception
• auditory processing

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the auditory-verbal link: output

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• speech and spoken language organization
• speech and spoken language production

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auditory development of children with HL: we need to ensure…

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• early identification of HL
• early and consistent use of advanced hearing instruments
• early access to auditory-based language hearing in the bone
• access to knowledgeable and skilled professionals (AuD, SLP, E.I.)

Question 9

auditory input

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a child with auditory deprivation is at greatest risk for increased difficulty and delay for listening, speech, spoken language, literacy, academic achievement

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auditory verbal development milestones: birth to 3 months

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prefers human voice, identifies mother’s voice

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auditory verbal development milestones: 4-7 months

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localization of sound emerges

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auditory verbal development milestones: 8-10 months

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increased vocal turn-taking

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auditory verbal development milestones: 12-18 months

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fully aware of the names for familiar objects and family members

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auditory verbal development milestones: 24-36 months

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3-word plus utterances

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rationale for teaching language through audition

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normal hearing children develop speech and spoken language through audition

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audition assists speech acquisition

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children use hearing to help match their speech to adult models (KORA)

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4 levels of auditory skill development

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1. detection (awareness)
2. discrimination
3. identification
4. compression

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detection (awareness)

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perceive the presence or absence of sound

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discrimination

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ability to determine whether 2 stimuli are the same or different (can be speech, environmental, songs, etc.)

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identification

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ability to identify what has been labeled or named

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compression

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highest level of auditory processing and the ability to understand the meaning of the auditory input

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functional auditory assessment

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• reporting tool used for setting short-term and long-term goals
• gives a balance of performance
• in addition to a traditional audiogram
• includes questionnaires, closed-set and open-set auditory assessments, comprehensive assessments

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examples of commercial questionnaires for parents

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• Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (MAIS) ages 3 and up
• LittlEARS: Auditory Questionnaire Manual: Parent Questionnaire to Access Auditory Behavior in Young Children

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examples of commercial questionnaires for teachers

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• Screening Instrument for Targeting Educational Risk (SIFTER)
• Pre-school SIFTER

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closed-set auditory assessment

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fixed number of stimuli which the child chooses the correct answer

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examples of closed-set auditory assessment

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• Early Speech Perception (ESP) Test (uses pictures)
• Low-Verbal ESP Test (uses objects)

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open-set assessment

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test items are unknown to the child and is more difficult than the closed-set

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examples of open-set auditory assessment

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• The Glendonald Auditory Screening Procedures (GASP)
• Auditory Rehabilitation: Memory, Language, Comprehension Test Probes (for children ages 10 and up)

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comprehensive assessments

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Auditory Perception Test for the Hearing Impaired (APT/HI-R)

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Auditory Perception Test for the Hearing Impaired (APT/HI-R)

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• ages 3 and older
• goes through the 4 levels and sound skills
• auditory plus visual component