Auditory Memory Span for Speech Sounds: Norms for Children

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Abstract
414 children, 199 [male][male] and 215 [female][female], ranging from 4 1/2 yrs., to 12 yrs. 5 mo., were tested on a modification of Anderson''s auditory memory span scale test. There are significant differences among the various age groups for both vowels and consonants. This difference is not always statistically significant between the adjacent year-age levels. There is no sex difference for auditory memory span. There appears to be no significant correlation between mental age and auditory memory span. Since it does not seem to matter what part of the test is given first, fatigue and lowered attention do not contribute significantly to relatively lower scores on the consonant test.

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