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The Sound Localization Guidebook Prototype
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Introduction
In most instances the success of the educational process
depends on effective communication. For the learner who
has a visual impairment, the auditory channel is especially
important. A young learner with a visual impairment, striving
to function in a sighted environment, places great reliance
upon the auditory modality for gaining information. As a
result, educators of learners with visual impairments began
to construct procedures to encourage effective listening
behavior. In preparing this manual, the authors have
proceeded on the principle that any skill can be enhanced
through a program of sequential developmental activities.
depends on effective communication. For the learner who
has a visual impairment, the auditory channel is especially
important. A young learner with a visual impairment, striving
to function in a sighted environment, places great reliance
upon the auditory modality for gaining information. As a
result, educators of learners with visual impairments began
to construct procedures to encourage effective listening
behavior. In preparing this manual, the authors have
proceeded on the principle that any skill can be enhanced
through a program of sequential developmental activities.
Basically there are fi ve levels of learning that characterize the
effective use of sounds in the environment.
effective use of sounds in the environment.
1. Awareness
2. Discrimination
3. Interpretation
4. Localization
5. Conversion
2. Discrimination
3. Interpretation
4. Localization
5. Conversion
Awareness is the recognition of sound in the environment.
The learner should realize that sounds are all around
him. Discrimination is the ability to recognize a particular
sound within a background of noise or as distinct from
other sounds. The use of sounds around him requires an
interpretation, which is the association of a sound with the
object producing it. Ideally the learner will want to know
The learner should realize that sounds are all around
him. Discrimination is the ability to recognize a particular
sound within a background of noise or as distinct from
other sounds. The use of sounds around him requires an
interpretation, which is the association of a sound with the
object producing it. Ideally the learner will want to know
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