Subject: Re: Reading versus books on tape From: "Freed, Dan" <DFreed@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 13:04:28 -0700To amplify Dawna's point: there's a charitable organization in the US that specializes in recording textbooks and making the recordings available to students. Originally the organization was named "Recording for the Blind" (RFB). But over the years, they found that an increasing percentage of their clients were dyslexic rather than blind. Eventually the percentage grew to the point that the organization officially changed its name to "Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic" (RFB&D). Also, to follow up on Tony's comments, RFB&D now offers its textbook recordings on CD-ROM with various navigation features. http://www.rfbd.org Dan Freed Senior Engineer, Hearing Aid Research Lab House Ear Institute 2100 W. Third St. Los Angeles, CA 90057 USA Phone: +1-213-353-7084 Fax: +1-213-413-0950 Email: dfreed@xxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: AUDITORY Research in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Lewis, Dawna E Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 9:24 AM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: FW: [AUDITORY] Reading versus books on tape Anecdotes continued: Retention also can be related to reading ability. I have a brother-in-law and nephew with reading disabilities. My brother-in-law was not diagnosed while in school. He learns best and retains information well when he watches programs about a topic or has someone read him the text. He later can go back and find the information he wants from text but to read it himself is very laborious, causing him to avoid it whenever possible! My nephew was just diagnosed at age 13 years. If someone reads a text to him he retains the information well and is able to correctly answer questions. If he reads it himself, his retention is very poor. I was told that the school has decided to allow him to have text for reading-intensive classes recorded (books on tape) and to provide additional support for reading material. I wonder if re-listening is the same as re-reading in terms of the depth of understanding and ability to ponder a passage? Sincerely, Dawna Lewis -----Original Message----- From: AUDITORY Research in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx On Behalf Of David Anderson Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 10:36 AM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Reading versus books on tape Another anecdotal tid-bit: I listen to many books on tape while commuting, including history and/or scientific books. I find my retention is a little poorer and that my understanding isn't as deep sometimes (a result of not being able to reread and ponder a passage). However, I am much more likely to have portions memorized. I have found that I am able to recite random selections after listening only a few times. David On 7/6/06, Toth Laszlo <tothl@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, 6 Jul 2006, tony stockman wrote: > > > anecdotally I believe for myself at any rate, as a blind person and > > having used braille since primary school, braille reading is more > > effective for learning than listening to tape. > > I think that quite many people (including me) performs a kind of > visual learning. For example, I can recall even after years how a > certain piece of information was positioned on the page of the book. > Because of this, I can hardly imagine how I could learn anything by > listening to a tape (I have never tried it, though). Sorry, this is > only "anecdotal", but I hope somebody here can name some real study on this. > > Laszlo Toth > Hungarian Academy of Sciences * > Research Group on Artificial Intelligence * "Failure only begins > e-mail: tothl@xxxxxxxx * when you stop trying" > http://www.inf.u-szeged.hu/~tothl * > >