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Universal screen for language learning impaired subjects

  • US 6,036,496 A
  • Filed: 10/07/1998
  • Issued: 03/14/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/07/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for screening a human to determine his/her ability to process spoken language, the method using target/distractor phonemes that are processed using a plurality of acoustic manipulations, each of the acoustic manipulations having a plurality of processing levels, the method comprising:

  • a) presenting a target/distractor sequence of acoustically processed phonemes to the human;

    b) requiring the human to indicate recognition of an acoustically processed target phoneme within the sequence;

    c) recording the human'"'"'s correct/incorrect indication, corresponding to the sequence; and

    d) repeating a)-c) for each of the plurality of processing levels, for each of the plurality of acoustic manipulations;

    e) wherein a)-d) develop an acoustic processing profile for the human.

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