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Strategii de dezvoltare a auzului fonematic în contextul dizabilității intelectuale
Strategies to empower phonemic hearing in the context of intellectual disability

Author(s): Liana Angela Mușuțan
Subject(s): Phonetics / Phonology, Language acquisition, Developmental Psychology, Inclusive Education / Inclusion
Published by: Asociația Specialiștilor în Terapia Tulburărilor de Limbaj din România
Keywords: phonemic hearing; intellectual disability; mobile application; pre-school; language;

Summary/Abstract: Following the systematic observations made in the work with preschoolers with intellectual disabilities, wefound that their basic trait is the deficient phonemic hearing and the delay in its development. This paper aimsto present some ways to stimulate and develop phonemic hearing through a mobile application. The mobileapplication aims to develop perception, attention, memory and hearing discrimination. This was applied to aconsortium of 24 participants, of which 10 preschoolers who achieved average and inferior results were includedin a three-month therapy program. Following implementation of the tablet application, the results of thepreschoolers improved at all stages of the program.

  • Issue Year: III/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 17-27
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English, Romanian