Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Speech Communication
Advisor
Mary Gordon
Date of Award
1978
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.) in Speech Communication
Department
Speech Communication
Physical Description
1 online resource (60 p.)
Subjects
Short-term memory, Auditory perception, Learning disabilities
DOI
10.15760/etd.2849
Abstract
This investigation compared the auditory memory span and sequence of language/learning disabled children with that of normal children to determine if there was a difference between the two groups on short-term auditory memory, ordering of stimulus type difficulty and performance on subtests using various stimulus types. Fifteen LD subjects were matched with fifteen normal subjects for mental age as measured by the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test. The Auditory Memory Test Battery (AMTB) was administered to each subject. The AMTB consists of five tape recorded subtests of recall for sentences, digits, related words, unrelated words, and nonsense words. Each subject responded verbally to the randomly presented subtests. This resulted in ten scores for each subject: a span score and sequence score for each of the five subtests, with a possible twenty-eight points for each subtest for both span and sequence.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/17238
Recommended Citation
McCausland, Kathleen M., "A comparative study of the short-term auditory memory span and sequence of language/learning disabled children and normal children" (1978). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 2855.
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2855
10.15760/etd.2849
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