Auditory learning or auditory modality is one of three learning modalities originally proposed by Walter Burke Barbe and colleagues that characterizes a learner as depending on listening and speaking as a main way of processing and/or retaining information.
[1][2] According to the theory, auditory learners must be able to hear what is being said to understand, and may have difficulty with instructions that are written or drawn.
For example, when memorizing a phone number, an auditory learner might say it out loud and then remember how it sounded to recall it.
Speech patterns include phrases such as "I hear you; That clicks; It's ringing a bell", and other sound or voice-oriented information.
[2] Proponents say that teachers should use these techniques to instruct auditory learners: verbal direction, group discussions, verbal reinforcement, group activities, reading aloud, and putting information into a rhythmic pattern such as a rap, poem, or song.