Multihandicapped Children's Preferences for Pure Tones and Speech Stimuli as a Method of Assessing Auditory Capabilities.

Silva, Dennis A.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ190554

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Publication Date: 1978

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Multihandicapped Children's Preferences for Pure Tones and Speech Stimuli as a Method of Assessing Auditory Capabilities.

Silva, Dennis A.; And Others

American Journal of Mental Deficiency, v83 n1 p29-36 Jul 1978, Jul78

Residual hearing capabilities of nine severely and profoundly retarded deaf-blind children (7-13 years old) were determined with an operant procedure that allowed the children to respond by making a selection between two responses, one which resulted in the presentation of auditory reinforcement or one which resulted in no reinforcement. (Author/CL)

Descriptors: Audiometric Tests, Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Stimuli, Deaf Blind, Exceptional Child Research, Multiple Disabilities, Operant Conditioning, Severe Mental Retardation

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Language: English

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