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The Sound Localization Guidebook Prototype
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.
Basically there are fi ve levels of learning that characterize the 
effective use of sounds in the environment.
 1. Awareness
 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 
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