A clinical prototype for auditory memory span.
An initial examination of an experimental test for auditory memory span was administered to 12 children (ages 5,6 to 7,0) with moderate to severe functional articulation problems. The experimental retention test (ERT), based on a minimal-pairs, distinctive feature paradigm, correlated significantly with three indices of articulatory performance: consonantal intelligibility, total sounds in error, and total number of misarticulations. Descriptive data are presented for clinical evaluation and further test development.
D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D006309:Hearing; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D013065:Speech Intelligibility