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Auditory Development Series: Auditory Development Hierarchy

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1.  What is the correct order of the auditory hierarchy:
  1. Awareness, Comprehension, Identification, Discrimination
  2. Discrimination, Awareness, Identification, Comprehension
  3. Awareness, Discrimination, Comprehension, Identification
  4. Awareness, Discrimination, Identification, Comprehension
2.  The ability to understand and follow a three-key concrete word direction
  1. Discrimination
  2. Awareness
  3. Identification
  4. Comprehension
3.  The auditory strategy in which something is presented through audition alone, then audition with visual cue and then through audition alone again is called:
  1. Auditory sandwich
  2. Expansion
  3. Acoustic highlighting
  4. Extending
4.  The auditory strategy of sabotage is where:
  1. An adult creates a problem or makes a mistake to block a goal of the child, thereby creating a context in which the child needs to communicate if he/she wants to overcome the difficulty and proceed with the activity
  2. An adult makes a mistake to give child opportunity to identify and correct the mistake
  3. a and b
  4. none of the above
5.  A child who mimics other childrens play but doesnt actively engage with them
  1. Solitary Play
  2. Unoccupied Play
  3. Parallel Play
  4. Associative Play
6.  At what age does a child play more cooperatively with others?
  1. 2 and a half to 3 years of age
  2. 3 to 3 and a half; years of age
  3. 3 and a half; to 4 years of age
  4. 4 to 5 years of age
7.  Purposeful Play includes determining a childs:
  1. Auditory Level
  2. Hearing Age
  3. Communication Approach
  4. Educational Placement
8.  The purpose of a Purposeful Play plan is to identify:
  1. specific auditory goals to focus on
  2. toys/materials that are appropriate for the child's age
  3. scripts that may be used to facilitate a targeted goal
  4. all of the above
9.  Interacting with peers begins around which age:
  1. 18 months
  2. 2 years of age
  3. 2 and a half years of age
  4. 3 and a half years of age
10.  Developing a childs ability to answer simple and complex questions is considered a goal at what auditory level:
  1. Identification
  2. Comprehension
  3. Awareness
  4. Discrimination

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