Evaluates the discrimination of signal and silence duration in six-month-old infants, children aged 5 1/2 years, and adults. Results show that infants discriminated duration changes of 20 milliseconds or greater, children discriminated 15 milliseconds, and adults as few as 10 ms. Findings are consistent with other research in revealing age-related…

Examines whether age-related differences would be observed between young children and adults for discrimination of synthesized, five-format consonant-vowel syllables that differed in voicing onset time of the initial consonants. (HOD)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between auditory discrimination, as measured by the Wepman Auditory Discrimination Test, and reading achievement, as measured by the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests. After controlling for intelligence, there was little more than a random relationship between auditory discrimination and…

Concludes that vowel sounds seem to be the most difficult for poor readers to discriminate. (RB)

Reports a study of the ability of Black children to hear final consonant blends even though they may not or cannot pronounce them. (TO)

Dyslalia refers to a broad spectrum of language pronunciation difficulties; the subjects of this experiment experienced only minor distortions in articulation. (DD)

Results of this study indicate that behavior-modification learning techniques, as used in this study, facilitate auditory recognition in culturally deprived children. (Authors)

It was hypothesized that individuals who can easily detect differences in the timbre of tone would be more likely to appreciate musical instruments with more complex sound waves, and that the degree of this tendency would be directly proportional to the length of time one has played the instrument. (Authors)

Part of author's Ph.D. dissertation, Western Reserve University. (JJ)