Auditory discrimination in conditions of noise and quiet by black and white disadvantaged children.
The auditory discrimination of first and third grade children of low socio-economic status was investigated. 17 black and 17 white children were randomly selected from the two grades. The condition for listening was varied, i.e., discrimination in condition of quiet and discrimination in condition of noise, through the use of the Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Test of Auditory Discrimination. White third graders were superior performers. The expectation, from the literature, that the auditory discrimination of children from low socio-economic levels would be depressed in conditions of noise was not supported. In fact, black children performed in an inferior manner in conditions of quiet.
D001741:Black or African American; D001307:Auditory Perception; D002648:Child; D003467:Cultural Deprivation; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise; D012923:Social Class