Auditory Training

Listening activities can be described by four difficulty levels:

1. Detection is the awareness that a sound is present.

2. Discrimination is when we determine whether sounds are the same or different.

3. Identification involves repeating or pointing to what is heard.

4. Comprehension is the most complex level, and the level we most commonly utilize in our environments. At the comprehension level, we answer questions, follow instructional requests, and carry conversation. All of these levels require other body systems such as attention, working memory, language and vocabulary knowledge, etc. for comprehension-level listening to be successful.

Assessing and Implementing Auditory Training

ParentGuide Checklist for Listening Skills

Using Routines

Importance of Play TedTalk by Stuart Brown