Description
Auditory retraining
Book summary
This book addresses a surprising reality: having good auditory acuity does not guarantee good auditory quality. Guy Bérard, a pioneer in this field, explains how numerous anomalies in sound perception affect language, attention, learning, and emotional balance. Aimed at professionals in education, psychology, and audiology, the work offers a theoretical and practical framework for understanding and treating these auditory disorders, demonstrating the close relationship between how we hear and our cognitive and affective performance.
What is it about?
The book starts from the premise that hearing well is not enough if the brain does not process, discriminate, and understand sounds efficiently. Bérard describes various auditory anomalies, such as slow processing of sound information, hypersensitivity to certain frequencies, incorrect phoneme discrimination, or erroneous lateralization. These alterations, often undetected in conventional hearing tests, manifest as language problems, learning difficulties (especially in languages, spelling, and music), attention deficit, emotional ups and downs, apathy, and even depression, in both children and adults. The work explains how simple auditory tests can identify students with learning difficulties and people with a tendency toward depression, and it proposes retraining methods to correct these dysfunctions.
Main topics
- Auditory quality versus auditory acuity: differences and consequences.
- Anomalies in central auditory processing (slowness, hypersensitivity, phonetic discrimination).
- Relationship between hearing and learning (languages, spelling, music).
- Link between auditory disorders and emotional problems (apathy, depression, mood swings).
- Auditory assessment and retraining methods for children and adults.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at educational psychologists, pedagogues, speech therapists, audiologists, ENTs, special education teachers, and any professional interested in the relationship between hearing, learning, and behavior. It will also be very useful for parents and educators seeking to understand the underlying causes of school or emotional difficulties in children and adolescents.
What this book contributes
- A novel approach that distinguishes between hearing and listening, key to understanding learning and behavioral problems.
- Theoretical and practical tools to identify auditory anomalies not detected in conventional tests.
- Auditory retraining strategies applicable in educational and clinical contexts.
- An integrative perspective that connects audiology with psychology and pedagogy.
Technical data
- Author: Bérard, Guy
- Publisher: Biblioteca Nueva
- Language: Spanish
- Topic: Educational psychology, teaching of specific groups and people with special educational needs, audiology and otology
- Collection: Biblioteca de la Nueva Educación
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: August 2003
- Number of pages: 208
- Weight: 248 g
Editorial review
Auditory retraining is a reference work for those working with learning difficulties and emotional disorders from a rarely explored perspective. Its main value lies in offering a clear and well-founded explanation of how auditory dysfunctions can be at the root of problems that are often attributed to other causes. Although the approach may be novel for some readers, the exposition is accessible and practical, making it a useful tool for both assessment and intervention. Recommended for professionals seeking to broaden their understanding of the factors that influence cognitive and emotional development.