Auditory memory is the ability to remember what has been heard, including sounds, words and sentences. Some children are not able to make sense of all the sounds they are hearing in their environment, or to remember exactly what a particular sound is like, or to remember a series of sounds.

If a child doesn’t have a functional auditory memory, in the early stages of language development it will be difficult for them to:

  • Speak clearly
  • Learn to use sentence structure correctly
  • Follow instructions
  • Remember nursery rhymes and stories
  • Stay focused whilst listening

When a child is older, poor auditory memory will make it difficult for them to:

  • Follow complex instructions
  • Hear sounds joining together to make words, or to blend and segment words
  • Remember sequences of ideas
  • Retell stories, or remember songs and poems
  • Use and understand appropriate prosody (tune, tone, etc) in their voice
  • Focus on verbal information
  • Attend to one sound (eg speech) while there is background noise
  • Read and comprehend

Source: www.speechtherapyresource.net

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