How do auditory discrimination difficulties affect learning?
Auditory discrimination skills directly correlate with listening, reading and spelling skills. If a person does not discriminate well they may “mishear” words. For example, “I read a book” verses “I read a pook” makes a meaningful sentence into one that has no meaning whatsoever. Incorrectly discriminating information can make learning very difficult. The same concept applies to reading. Children must be able to discriminate and sound out each letter in a word and then blend the sounds together correctly to read well. Children that are not discriminating sounds well may reverse or leave out letters and therefore misread information. This is equally true for spelling. To correctly spell the word “plant” each sound must be discriminated clearly or the word will not be spelled correctly.
Auditory discrimination skills directly correlate with listening, reading and spelling skills. If a person does not discriminate well they may “mishear” words. For example, “I read a book” verses “I read a pook” makes a meaningful sentence into one that has no meaning whatsoever. Incorrectly discriminating information can make learning very difficult. The same concept applies to reading. Children must be able to discriminate and sound out each letter in a word, and then blend the sounds together correctly to read well. Children that are not discriminating sounds well may reverse or leave out letters, and therefore misread information. This is equally true for spelling. To correctly spell the word “plant” each sound must be discriminated clearly or the word will not be spelled correctly.
