Erber, a researcher and academic at the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, Australia, presents a rationale and framework for auditory learning in childhood and various listening activities teachers, parents, speech pathologists, audiologists, and other health professionals can use during everyday interactions with children. He provides information about speech communication, including speech perception; auditory assessment and therapy, with discussion of the Glendonald Auditory Screening Procedure (GASP!); and methods for providing listening experiences in a conversational context, including telephone communication, strategies for increasing the child's understanding and fluency of conversation, and speech development. The book was originally published as Auditory Training in 1982, and this new edition updates concepts and reviews recent progress in auditory assessment and communication methods, including adaptive auditory test procedures, digital hearing aids and cochlear implants, self-help strategies for children, guidance for communication partners, and simulation of hearing loss. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)