Auditory Development Flashcards
auditory development in typically developing children
- we have an innate capacity for speech perception
- auditory development begins at the formation of our auditory system in utero
auditory system in utero and the 1st few years of life
important to auditory neural pathway development
neonates
can process auditory stimuli in addition to sound awareness
typically developing children spend their first year (and in utero)…
listening
auditory-verbal link
auditory input is linked to speech and spoken language output
the auditory-verbal link: input
- auditory perception
- auditory processing
the auditory-verbal link: output
- speech and spoken language organization
- speech and spoken language production
auditory development of children with HL: we need to ensure…
- 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.)
auditory input
a child with auditory deprivation is at greatest risk for increased difficulty and delay for listening, speech, spoken language, literacy, academic achievement
auditory verbal development milestones: birth to 3 months
prefers human voice, identifies mother’s voice
auditory verbal development milestones: 4-7 months
localization of sound emerges
auditory verbal development milestones: 8-10 months
increased vocal turn-taking
auditory verbal development milestones: 12-18 months
fully aware of the names for familiar objects and family members
auditory verbal development milestones: 24-36 months
3-word plus utterances
rationale for teaching language through audition
normal hearing children develop speech and spoken language through audition
audition assists speech acquisition
children use hearing to help match their speech to adult models (KORA)
4 levels of auditory skill development
- detection (awareness)
- discrimination
- identification
- compression
detection (awareness)
perceive the presence or absence of sound
discrimination
ability to determine whether 2 stimuli are the same or different (can be speech, environmental, songs, etc.)
identification
ability to identify what has been labeled or named
compression
highest level of auditory processing and the ability to understand the meaning of the auditory input
functional auditory assessment
- 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
examples of commercial questionnaires for parents
- Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (MAIS) ages 3 and up
- LittlEARS: Auditory Questionnaire Manual: Parent Questionnaire to Access Auditory Behavior in Young Children
examples of commercial questionnaires for teachers
- Screening Instrument for Targeting Educational Risk (SIFTER)
- Pre-school SIFTER
closed-set auditory assessment
fixed number of stimuli which the child chooses the correct answer
examples of closed-set auditory assessment
- Early Speech Perception (ESP) Test (uses pictures)
- Low-Verbal ESP Test (uses objects)
open-set assessment
test items are unknown to the child and is more difficult than the closed-set
examples of open-set auditory assessment
- The Glendonald Auditory Screening Procedures (GASP)
- Auditory Rehabilitation: Memory, Language, Comprehension Test Probes (for children ages 10 and up)
comprehensive assessments
Auditory Perception Test for the Hearing Impaired (APT/HI-R)
Auditory Perception Test for the Hearing Impaired (APT/HI-R)
- ages 3 and older
- goes through the 4 levels and sound skills
- auditory plus visual component
