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Auditory brain development...
See, we hear with the brain
the ears are a way in and if the child has a hearing loss or is in a poor
acoustic environment
then sounds are
filtered from reaching the brain
and that's where we have to get, is the brain. Now the brain is fascinating
obviously and we're learning more and more information
the brain has some plasticity all the way through the life span but there's more
plasticity in infancy and in childhood.
The brain organises itself and develops and cements neural pathways based
on the sensory information it receives, so whatever auditory information
gets to the brain
is how that brain is going to be neurologically wired.
There's an important concept called 'experience dependent plasticity'
and what that means is that repeated trials, repeated
exposure, repeated practice
with auditory events
lead to stronger neural wiring, stronger neural connections.
it's in the childs best interest
to receive multiple redundant extrinsic practice opportunities to
develop those critical auditory brain centers.