1. Presented by Kasey Markoski C.O.M.S kaseymarkoski@gmail.com Travelteacher.org Auditory Training and Development

2. This program will discuss creating a simulated auditory environment to teach persons with a visual impairment auditory training skills in a classroom setting. This program will provide you with: ▫ Ideas for lessons and activities for students with various levels of ability ▫ Resources for developing your own auditory training lesson Introduction

3. Auditory training challenges: ▫ Lack of training environments ▫ Limited time ▫ Client’s own limitations ▫ Weather Introduction

4. Advantages:  The ability to select the most appropriate environment  Lessons can be held indoors  Lessons can be more focused  The ability for better planned lesson sequencing Training with Simulated Sounds

5. Disadvantages:  Lack of experience in the natural environment  Headphones cannot simulate front/back sounds Training with Simulated Sounds

6. Training Exercises: What is that sound? ▫ Explore one sound at a time in a quiet environment ▫ Explore multiple sounds to identify rooms to aid in orientation ▫ Listen to recorded sounds  Vehicle sounds  Typical outdoor sounds Sound Identification

7. Training Exercises: What is that sound doing? ▫ Identify what the sound of an object is doing to determine what is occurring in the environment ▫ Identify what vehicles are doing through recorded sounds  Recorded vehicles idling, accelerating, breaking, and surging  Recorded parallel and perpendicular traffic Sound Identification

8. Training exercises: Beginning Learners ▫ Pointing to the Sound ▫ Hide and Go Seek ▫ One sound present ▫ Sound source is stationary Sound Localization

9. Training exercises: Intermediate Learners ▫ Student moves toward the sound ▫ Multiple sounds are present ▫ Determining the distance of the sound ▫ Student and sound are moving Sound Localization

10. Training exercises: Advanced Learners ▫ Student is able to orient themselves using sound ▫ Use of echolocation ▫ Use of the Doppler Effect Sound Localization

11. Training exercises: Beginning Learners ▫ Student practices tracking a sound in a quiet room ▫ Tracking more than one path of sound  Ex: An object parallel then turning to perpendicular Sound Tracking

12. Training exercises: Intermediate Learners ▫ Tracking a sound where multiple sounds are present ▫ Tracking and following the sound while maintaining orientation Sound Tracking

13. Training exercises: Advanced Learners ▫ Tracking sounds of traffic in the natural environment ▫ Tracking a sound using a pre recorded sound Sound Tracking

14. Foundations of Orientation and Mobility V1 and V2 Imagining the Possibilities: Creative Approaches to Orientation and Mobility Instruction for Persons Who Are Visually Impaired- Diane Fazzi and Barbara Petersmeyer I hear with my Little Ears: Teaching Auditory Object Perception (AOP)- Diane Brauner Beginner's Guide to Echolocation for the Blind and Visually Impaired: Learning to See With Your Ears- Tim Johnson Architecture for the Blind- Chris Downey http://www.arch4blind.com/ Resources

15. Presented by Kasey Markoski C.O.M.S kaseymarkoski@gmail.com Travelteacher.org Auditory Training and Development