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...Brigham Young University study found that standardized test scores for fourth- and fifth-graders rose from 10% to 15% in every subject at a Utah public school the year after amplification began, though no other changes were made. Proponents like University of Akron audiologist Carol Flexer says the technology's greatest bang for the buck may come during early childhood when reading skills and phonics are introduced. "Without the even distribution of sound in the room from these systems, it can be hard for children to hear the difference between watch or wash or wasp," says Flexer. Her small...
...benefits are grounded in biology, says Flexer. The brain's auditory networks are not fully developed until about age 15, so kids require a quieter environment and a louder signal than do adults when absorbing spoken information. Flexer has found that special-education referrals are fewer in classrooms that are wired for sound, compared with ordinary classrooms, where background noise and distractions compete with the teacher's voice. She believes a sound system is as vital to learning as adequate lighting...
While many school districts remain unfamiliar with the technology, Ohio is ahead of the sound curve. Prompted by Flexer's work, the state has required since 2003 that districts using state funds to build or renovate schools include sound amplification in their construction plans. Districts in other states are beginning to get on board. Last year Audio Enhancement of Bluffdale, Utah, the leading U.S. vendor of classroom sound systems, sold 15,000 of them, up from 7,000 in 2002. Typical cost per classroom: $1,500. Reno, Nev., has added the devices to 52 schools over the past two years...
Entitled "Fantasia: Al Kever Favi," Elkies piece was described by Michael E. Flexer '89, one of the 13 cellists in the choir, as "mellow and moody, with a deep quality...
...Flexer said that undergraduate cellists have expressed enough interest in the group to enable organizers to "build a large repertoire of pieces," involving different numbers of cellos...