Abstract
The children who have troubles on auditory processing ability would have difficulties to detect, discriminate, recognize, memorize and comprehend acoustic signals. However, music activities could provide multi-sensory stimulation through auditory, visual and tactile to improve auditory processing ability. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of music activities on auditory processing ability training of children with special needs. Three subjects in the study were with autism, speech impairment and developmental delay. Music activities as an intervention to improve auditory processing skills was divided into three phases, and each one was 12-14 weeks. Before the beginning of the first phase, the researchers assessed in order to know the baseline of the auditory processing ability of the subjects. The outcome of each phase was the baseline of next phase. The results showed that nine months of music activities can improve auditory processing ability of children with special needs.