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Influence of visual stimulation in improvement of auditory discrimination in educable Down syndrome children in Tehran
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Fatemeh Khalili Kermani   1, Safieh Behzadi2 , Mohammad Hadi Jazebizade3 |
1- BSc, Language and Speech Pathology, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran; MA, General Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Rud-e-Hen Branch, Rud-e-Hen, Iran , liakhalili@yahoo.com
2- PhD of Animal Sciences, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Rud-e-Hen Branch, Rud- e- Hen, Iran
3- MA, Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Rud-e-Hen Branch, Rud- e- Hen, Iran; MA, General Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Training Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran |
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Abstract: (17705 Views) |
Background: Processing and auditory discrimination is defected in Down syndrome children. On the other hand, they are outfitted with the strong visual sense. According to crossed modality, auditory and visual processes match together. In addition, by considering the role of mirror neurons in transmission information from visual to auditory, researchers set these as essential reasons for demonstration visual stimulations in accordance to effect auditory skills in this study.
Materials and Methods: 60 persons with Down syndrome were randomly into two groups of experimental and control (each 30 subjects). We took WEP MAN test from all of them and gave ten sessions of visual model to the experiment group and then we took WEP MAN test again.
Results: There were significantly association between the function of mirror neurons and auditory discrimination skill of Down syndrome persons (p<0.05).
Conclusion: This study showed that visual stimulation can reinforce the auditory discrimination skill among Down syndrome persons. |
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| Keywords: Auditory discrimination, Mirror neurons, Parallel distribution process, Crossed modality, Down syndrome |
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Subject:
psychology
Received: 2012/06/27 | Published: 2012/06/15
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