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Article: Software programs with flying cows and high-wire bears help kids hear.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- February 27, 1996
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SAN JOSE, Calif. _ In research Funded by the Charles A. Dana Foundation, University of California professor William Jenkins designed four computer software programs to help language-learning disabled children. The programs were developed for a Macintosh but will be available for other PCs.
_In ``Phonic Match,'' kids are presented with a matrix of boxes, each with a picture on the front. When they click on a picture, they hear a word, such as ``tack.'' They continue clicking on boxes until they hear that same word again, then click on the two matched words in a row to show they hear the similarity. A correct answer wins a point, which is added to the tally in the ...