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A good hearing memory will help your child do better in school. Your child' s hearing ability is normal.
Yet, he may seem to be very poor at remembering and understanding what he' s heard at school.
Why should this be? It' s because he' s not using his heating ability to help him to remember and
understand what he' sheen taught. Some children get into the habit of learning and remembering things by
what they hear. They' ve got good hearing memories. Other children find it easier to learn and remember
things by what they see, They' ve got good seeing memories.
Some children have equally good ability of both seeing and hearing in learning things. Others, less
fortunate, seem to have poor hearing ~d seeing memories. Most children, I' d say, unwillingly prefer one
method over the other for learning and remembering. But this favoring of one sense over the other is a bad
habit and deprives (剥夺) the child of the full use of his natural senses.
Mrs Allen was clearly incredulous when I told her there was nothing wrong with her son' s hearing. "But
he never seems to really understand what he hears. That' s what his teachers tell me," she said.
"My psychological examination of William shows he' s weak in his heating memory ~" I said,"but he has
perfectly normal intelligence and can learn in school."
"Our family doctor examined William and he said the boy' s hearing was all right. So, that proves you' re
right on that point." Admitted Mrs Allen."So how can we help him? My husband and I will do anything you
say, Dr. Dursteln."
"You can do a lot to improve William' s hearing memory, but it' 11 take time. You must be patient and
not expect results immediately." I cautioned (告戒).
I suggested a detailed program for the parents to use at home. I told Mrs Allen to come back and see
me every two weeks so that I could guide her in any problem she had in using my program.
1. Those who have poor hearing memories _______.
A. can not hear sounds clearly
B. are poor at remembering and understanding what they have learned
C. are poor at learning things by what they have heard
D. have the habit of learning things by what they have heard.
2. The author suggested that Mrs Allen try some ways _______.
A. to train her son' s hearing memory
B. to make use of her son' s natural senses
C. to make good use of what her son heard
D. to understand the trouble in which her son was involved
3. In Paragraph 4, the underlined word "incredulous" means ______.
A. unbelieving
B. unbelievable
C. satisfying
D. satisfied
4. Which of the following is true?
A. Good hearing memory will not help your child do better in school.
B. Some children get into the habit of learning and remembering things by what they hear.
C. The favoring of one sense over the other is not a bad habit.
D. The author didn' t suggest a detailed program for the parents to use at home with William.
