The study is concerned with learning disabled children. A literature survey
which deals with the definitions, causes and manifestations of learning
disabilities was conducted. An aid programme, focussing specifically on the
auditory modality, was developed.
Through a careful study of relevant literature it is clear that although a
learning disabled child possesses adequate or even above-average intellectual
capabilities, deficiencies such as abnormal behaviour and inadequacies in
learning which may be ascribed to malfunctions in the central nervous system,
are manifested. The causes of learning disorders could be of an external or
inherent nature and behavioural manifestations such as motor- or perceptual
deficiencies, hyperactivity and inadequate academic performance frequently
occur.
The importance of the auditory perceptual skills in the acquisition of reading
and spelling performances is emphasized. Research on auditory deficiencies
and their subsequent detrimental effect on reading and spelling performance,
indicate a significant relationship between these deficits and the impairment
of analysis, synthesis, storing and recalling of auditory information.
This survey was conducted in order to devise an auditory aid programme by
means of which deficits in auditory perception could be overcome or improved
and to decide whether the improvement of auditory deficits would contribute
positively towards the reading and spelling results of the learning disabled
child.
From the literature a variety of exercises for the improvement of the various
auditory perceptual skills were assembled. An integrated reading and spelling
programme to stimulate the development of-auditory skills was subsequently
devised and applied by means of the experimental method
This aid programme was applied with great success in six cases who had
previously been identified as learning disabled candidates. It resulted in a
remarkable improvement in auditory skills of all six participants. All of
them performed according to their mental age standard. Basic reading and
spelling abilities improved accordingly. Those participants who best overcame
their auditory perceptual deficiencies also gave the best performance in
reading and spelling abilities. / Thesis (MEd)--PU vir CHO, 1984
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NWUBOLOKA1/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/9562 |
| Date | January 1983 |
| Creators | Lessing, Anna Christina |
| Publisher | Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education |
| Source Sets | North-West University |
| Language | other |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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