This teacher's guide contains a list of general auditory problem areas where students have the following problems: (a) inability to find or identify source of sound; (b) difficulty in discriminating sounds of words and letters; (c) difficulty with reproducing pitch, rhythm, and melody; (d) difficulty in selecting important from unimportant sounds; (e) difficulty in blending sounds into words; (f) difficulty in understanding environmental sounds; and (g) difficulty in associating sounds of words with meaning. The document then outlines nine specific deficits, certain behaviors by which deficits may be recognized, and ways to ameliorate the situation. (PB)