Major focus area

Speech Therapy -> Hearing

Short description

Sound-object association technique is used by an SLP with patients who are using hearing prostheses that facilitates listening to sounds. This is also referred to as “learning to listen” sounds. Patients must first become familiar with frequently heard sounds before they understand and start to speak words (Harding, 1983; Norris & Hoffman, 1994).

Long description

Sound-object association technique is used by an SLP with patients who are using hearing prostheses that facilitates listening to sounds. This is also referred to as “learning to listen” sounds. Patients must first become familiar with frequently heard sounds before they understand and start to speak words. Session are centered on play an auditory-verbal strategies that are used with sound-object association activities. More information can be found at www.listen-up.org.

The Ling-6 Sound test and cards is another type of sound-object association technique. Learning to listen sounds includes but are not limited to the following:
1. aaaaaaaah (airplane)
2. buhbuhbuhbuhbuh (bus)
3. brrrrrrrrr (car)
4. ptptptptptptp (boat)
5. chchchchchchchch (train)
6. moooooooo (cow)
7. woofwoof or arfarf or ruffruff (dog)
8. ssssssss (snake)
9. quack quack (duck)
10. hop hop hop (rabbit)
11. mmmmmmm (as in “mmmm, it’s good!”)
12. shhhhhhhhhh (quiet)
13. smacking your lips (kiss)
14. t-t-t-t-t-t (clock)

(Harding, 1983; Norris & Hoffman, 1994)