Auditory Closure
Filling in the Missing Parts of Speech
Test Excerpts from the ITPA


In the auditory closure process, if pieces of a word are deleted, the listener will fill in the missing sounds to decode the word. The following demonstration is an example of a test of Auditory Closure ability. Notice that the inclination to fill in the missing sounds is so strong that we have to listen hard sometimes to be aware they are missing. Yet for a child with processing problems, the word could be unrecognizabley changed.

These exerpts were taken from the Auditory Closure Tape of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA), Revised Edition, by Samuel A Kirk, James J. McCarthy, and Winifred D. Kirk, publishd by the University of Illinois Press, Chicago, 1968.



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An Aural Closure
Discrimination Task
Test from ITPA



Auditory Closure
Filling in the Missing Pieces
Auditory Perceptual Training Program
Tasks various conditions of complexity.

The following is an example of training exercises for Auditory Closure. These are excerpts extracted from a somewhat comprehensive program of training. Task #1 provides practice in filling in the missing sounds for words. In Task # 2 the pupil must fill in the missing word itself.

These demonstrations were taken from the Auditory Perceptual Training Program for Improving Auditory Perceptual Processes of Children in the Elementry Grades, by Belle Ruth Witkin, Ph.D. It was published by the Alameda County School Department, 224 West Winton Ave., Hayward, CA 94544, 1973.

Please keep in mind that these are only exerpts and that extensive work is done in the complete program prior to these exercises to prepare the children to do the tasks. The exercises were arranged to proceed from simple to more complex tasks.




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Auditory Closure
Discrimination Task #1
Filling in the Missing Sounds
Auditory Closure
Discrimination Task #2
Filling in the Missing Words




Auditory Closure
Blending--Pulling the Peices Together
Test Exerpts from the ITPA


In a Blending Task, the figure is broken into meaningless parts. These parts must be combined through the perceptual process for the words (pharses or sentences) to be understood.

The following demonstration is an excerpt from a test of Auditory Closure from the ITPA.



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Auditory Closure
A Blending Task
A Test from the ITPA



Auditory Closure
Blending--Pulling the Peices Together
Test Exerpts from the ITPA


The following demonstrations represent a training approach to Auditory Blending. There are tasks on two levels of difficulty selected here. In the second task, the words are presented at a slower pace than in the first. This is actually more difficult since the space in time between the segments is larger. These are excerpts taken from from the Auditory Perceptual Training Program for Improving Auditory Perceptual Processes of Children in the Elementry Grades, by Belle Ruth Witkin, Ph.D. It was published by the Alameda County School Department, 224 West Winton Ave., Hayward, CA 94544, 1973.

Please keep in mind that these are only exerpts and that extensive work is done in the complete program prior to these exercises to prepare the children to do the tasks. The exercises were arranged to proceed from simple to the more complex tasks.



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Auditory Closure
A Blending Task #1
Fast Presentation
Auditory Closure
Blending Task #2
Slow Presentation




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Closure Lesson
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Fun and Games
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Blending Lesson
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