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LETS TALK ABOUT

LISTENING"

LOUISE LEVY M.S. CCC-A"

863 Park Avenue"

New York, New York"

212-472-1350"http://www.louiselevyaudiology.com/"

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Listening"

Listening is comprised of: "

Detection/awareness of sound

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Recognition of the sound" Attachment of meaning"

Discrimination between various sounds(What is important and what is not?) "

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Listening"

Listening skills"

We need listening skills to developspeech and language skills.

The ability to attend to sound andlisten to spoken language is an

integral part of the developmentof speech, language, andcommunication."

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Listening"

Listening is an active process. It involves: ""

Hearing" Auditory processing " Attention"

Language processing" Memory"

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Listening"

In order to successfully listen, we need: "

Hearing" Auditory processing skills"

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Hearing"

Hearing"

"We need great hearing to listen and to process!

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Hearing"

Hearing Loss"

Conductive hearing loss" Sensory neural hearing loss" A combination of both"

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Hearing "

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Hearing "

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Auditory Processing"

Auditory Processing"

What we do with what we hear" The process of decoding auditory

information"

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Auditory Processing"

Auditory Processing is defined as:"

Auditory discrimination" Localizing " Interpretation of stress/rhythm/intonation"

Understanding speech when multiplespeech messages are present "

Understanding speech when backgroundnoise is present"

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Auditory Processing"

Testing for auditory processing: "

" "" Screenings -- age 5"

Testing -- cognitive age of 7 "

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Listening"

How do we develop early listening skills?"

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Listening"

Reduce Background Noise andDistractions"

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Listening"

With babies, use verbal games:"

Bye bye " Boo!" SSShhh"

Coughing"

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Listening"

Use Noisemakers: "

Touch it " See it" Point to it"

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Listening"

Bath Time"

Splish/Splash " Wind-up toys that go thru the water "

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Listening"

Listening Walks Thru the City"

" " "" Buses " Sirens" Birds"

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Listening"

Listening games that work on detection"

Musical Chairs/Musical Statues " Race games with the word Go " Duck, Duck, Goose "

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Listening"

Localization"

Blind Mans Bluff

"(musical instruments or voices)" Hide and Seek

"(animal sounds)"

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Listening"

Pitch and Volume"

Movement to long and short sounds" Blowing a whistle " Beating/clapping out the rhythm "

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Listening"

Interhemispheric Activities"

Grab bag " Computer games"

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Listening"

Sequencing Activities"

Simon Says " Word games"

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Listening"

Reading, Reading, Reading !!!!!"

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Listening"

A word about computers!!!"

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