Outsource Industries Inc. OSIPSSLTX User Manual

Chapter 5

The Sound Localization Guidebook Prototype

Chapter 5

2. Repeat condition one by moving the sound from left

to right. (See Figure 4.)

Figure 4

Activity Two: Tracking a sound source moving the
entire body

1. Repeat conditions one and two in the previous activity

by having the learner move his entire body when
tracking the sound in a half circle (180° sweep).

Instructor: “Move your whole body and follow the sound as
it moves from your right to your left; from your left to your
right.”

2. Repeat the previous conditions by having the learner

point at the moving sound.

3. Repeat condition one and two moving in a

360° circle.

Instructor: “Move your whole body and follow the sound as
it moves in a circle around you.”

4. Repeat condition three by having the learner point at

the moving sound.

Activity Three: Following a moving sound source

1. Initial position: Instructor and learner face each

other. Instructor aims sound source at learner’s
head. Instructor will back up in straight line, then a
random pattern. Learner follows instructor. Sound
remains constant.

Instructor: “Follow the sound as it moves away from you.”

2. Repeat condition one and have learner stop and start

as sound is turned off and on.

3. Repeat condition one by having learner stop and

start when instructor stops and starts. Sound
remains constant.

Activity Four: Walking parallel to a moving sound

1. Initial position: Learner stands next to a wall or a

guideline/wire that he trails. Instructor stands next
to learner aiming sound source at learner’s head.
Instructor and learner walk side by side in a parallel
line. (See Figure 5.)

Instructor: “Trail the wall and follow the sound.”

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