Ling+Sounds


 * What Is the Ling Six Sound Check? **

A behavioral listening check to determine a cochlear implant’s effectiveness.

The sounds ah, ee, oo, sh, s, and mm indicate a child’s ability to detect all aspects of speech as these six sounds encompass the frequency range of all phonemes.

This check can be used to determine what sounds the student is able to detect, discriminate, and identify.

__Task Description__

__Detection:__ Recognizing the presence or absence of sound __Discrimination:__ Discerning if two or more sounds are the same or different __Identification:__ Reproducing a sound or pointing to a picture of the sound heard If the child has the ability to hear to:

• 1,000 Hz—should hear the three vowel sounds ah, ee, and oo, spoken in a quiet voice at a distance of at least five yards. • 2,000 Hz—should also hear the sound sh. • 4,000 Hz—should detect s, from a distance of at least one to two yards.