This is a test designed for young profoundly hearing-impaired children with limited vocabulary and language skills. This tool uses a series of subtests to assess pattern and word discrimination in a closed-set format. In addition, the test can be adapted for very young children by using objects in smaller sets.
Each subtest is administered using both visual and auditory input to differentiate speech perception skills from language ability. After the child has indicated comprehension of all of the words in a subtest, then it should be administered through listening alone.
The results of this test allow the placement of children into four speech perception categories: 1=no pattern perception, 2=pattern perception, 3=some word identification, and 4=consistent word identification. The Low Verbal version of this test is administered to children who do not understand all the words in the standard battery. In the Low Verbal version, four toy items are used, while the Standard version uses a 12-item picture plate. For all subtests, record the number of words correctly identified.
Geers AE, Moog JS. Evaluating speech perception skills: Tools for measuring benefits of cochlear implants, tactile aids, and hearing aids. In: Owens E, Kessler DK. Eds. Cochlear Implants in Young Deaf Children. San Diego, Calif: College-Hill Press, A division of little Brown and Company; 1989:227-256.
Moog JS, Geers AE. Early Speech Perception Test. St. Louis,Mo: Central Institute for the Deaf; 1990.
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