1. Maude LeRoux May 2012 Sofia, Bulgaria
The Auditory System
Maude LeRoux
May 2012
Sofia, Bulgaria

2. Auditory System Response to sounds in environment
Early to develop in womb
Fight and Flight response at birth
Figure – Ground / Discrimination / Closure
Balance between left and right ear.
Auditory Space in stereo
Auditory vs. Visual Learner

3. Knowing how to listen involves several components:
Discriminating sounds
Accommodation of sounds
Locating sounds
Auditory laterality

4. Discriminating Sounds.
Is the capacity to separate non-pertinent information
It is likewise knowing how to immediately put meaning on important information
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5. Accommodation of Sounds
It’s the capacity of the ear to protect itself spontaneously from aggressive noises and at the same time to remain available for all important information
Recognizing the origin of sounds
This allows to integrate messages quickly and a
greater certitude of their meaning

6. WHAT IS LISTENING? In a way that is acceptable on an emotional level
For the purpose of learning and communicating
Listening is the ability to use one’s hearing:
intentionally and attentively
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7. Auditory
Pathway

8. Cranial Nerve Development
Vestibulo-Cochlear nerve (CN8) develops in utero and is available at birth to start reading the environmental cues, as well as spend the first +-9 months preparing for the acceptance and production of language.
Connections with Trigeminal Nerve, Facial, and Vagus Nerve from the physical ear system

9. To constantly readjust the content and the form of this message
To immediately evaluate the result of this control
The ability to select an acoustic message among others
To inhibit sounds which are not relevant
Listening is an action
and to implement it you have to consider the following: 9

10. Thanks to the energy given by the ear, the individual feels toned and enterprising
His achievements will be all the more dynamic as he will be able to store a large amount of energy
The dynamic stimulation causes a harmony between his creative potential and individual sensitivity

11. Attention span and memorization can be deficient
THE LISTENING FUNCTION
When this function is disrupted, difficulties in analysis, accommodation, spatialization or auditory lateralization can be observed.
Then it implies comprehension difficulties, errors, fatigability, irritability and withdrawal into oneself.
Attention span and memorization can be deficient

12. Auditory Laterality Is the key when listening quality is in question
All sound messages which go through the right ear are immediately projected to the left hemisphere which implies the following:
Rapid integration
Clarity of information
Efficient memory skills
High quality of processing of information when a quick and adaptive answer is necessary

13. Activities that Develop
Auditory Perception
Simon Says (Ability to listen)
Child changes direction upon command
Tapping to beat of sound
Moving to the beat of music, sound, or voice
Metronome

14. Thank you
for
listening!