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Theoretical Issues in the Development of Audition

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Audition is the process of hearing or listening. The development of this ability in all species examined depends upon a number of sequential events. They include the development of a normal anatomic transformer (middle ear) and transducer (inner ear); a central nervous system and its auditory afferent and efferent connections; and, in birds and mammals, exposure to appropriate auditory stimuli—an essential component of the normal development of audition. Failure either in the formation of any structural part or in the exposure to sound stimuli will result in deviant auditory function for a particular individual. There are at least three types of developmental errors of exposure to sound which can result in abnormal audition in the developing organism: in the quality, the quantity and the timing of the sound stimulus.

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    Lawrence T. Taft M.D.

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Ruben, R.J., Rapin, I. (1981). Theoretical Issues in the Development of Audition. In: Lewis, M., Taft, L.T. (eds) Developmental Disabilities. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6314-9_6

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