Case Study
Summary of Observations
- In an average noise environment, when the teacher spoke, the child stopped moving and held still for about 3 seconds before moving again.
Level 2 (Attention / Alerting) - In an above-average noise environment, when the teacher sang along with music with her mouth a few inches from the child's ear, the child stopped moving for the duration of the singing.
Level 2 (Attention / Alerting) - In an above average noise environment, when the teacher sang along about 2 ft from the child's ear, the child did not respond.
NR (No Response) - In a below-average noise environment, when an unfamilar woman spoke to the child from a distance of about 3 ft, she did not respond.
NR (No Response) - In a below-average noise environment, when an unfamiliar woman spoke to the child from about 2 ft, then moved closer to a distance of a few inches, the child did not respond.
NR (No Response) - In a below-average noise environment, when the teacher spoke the child's name from a distance of 2 ft, the child stopped moving and turned her head toward the teacher.
Level 3 (Localization) - In a very noisy environment, when the teacher spoke the child's name from a ditance of 1 ft, the child did not respond.
NR (No Response)
Some conclusions you may have drawn include:
- The child responds better to a familiar voice over an unfamiliar voice.
- The child responds better in a quiet environment than in a noisy environment.
- The child responds better when the noise is closer to her ear.
These conclusions were made because the child responded to her teacher but not the unfamiliar speaker, even when the evironments and distance from her were similar. Even when the teacher spoke to her from a similar distance, the child responded better when the environment was quieter. And when the environment was the same (music) and the teacher sang from different distances, the child only responded when the teacher was close to her ear.