Testing, Therapy Kits and Selected Resources - Hearing Impairment
Language
Bringing Sound to Life: Principles and Practices of Cochlear Implant Rehabilitation - Mary E. Koch
Purpose: Provides strategies for cochlear implant rehabilitation for systematically Contents: Program 1 - Building Blocks of Spoken Language Program 2 - Understanding Hearing and Hearing Loss. Easy-to-understand explanations. Video gives clear descriptions of an audiogram, speech acoustics, amplification, and more. Program 3 - Cochlear Implants and Children: An Opportunity, Not A Cure. This video viewers step-by-step through the candidacy process, and follows 3 1/2-year-old Cecilia through the stages of pre-implant evaluation, surgery, and implant activation. Throughout the video, emphasis is placed on families, cochlear implant teams, and educators working together with a commitment to rehabilitation. Program 4 - Principles and Practices of Cochlear Implant Rehabilitation. Filled with practical and easy-to-implement strategies, this video explains and demonstrates an abundance of systematic ways to develop auditory skills in a child with a cochlear implant. Learn why effective rehabilitation is critical to the success of a cochlear implant and you'll walk through the steps to effective therapy. Gain an in-depth look at using the Word Associations for Syllable Perception (W*A*S*P) system that gives you the tools to teach children how to make sounds. Publication: York Press, Timonium, Md.; 1999 Location: Renwick KIT Q618.9209789 KOCH CELF-3 Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Purpose: Diagnose language disorders in children, adolescents and adults Ages: 6 through 21 years Norms: Receptive language; Composite, Expressive Language Composite; Total Language Score, Standard Scores; Percentile Ranks, Total Language Age Equivalent Administration: 30-45 mins. Publication: Psychological Corporation, San Antonio, Texas; 1995 Location: Renwick KIT 618.92855075 CELF-1 1995 CELF-R: Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Purpose: Diagnose language disorders in children, adolescents and adults Ages: 6 through 21 years Norms: Receptive language; Composite, Expressive Language Composite; Total Language Score, Standard Scores; Percentile Ranks, Total Language Age Equivalent Administration: 30-45 mins. Publication: Psychological Corporation, San Antonio, Texas; Rev. ed., 1987 Location: Renwick KIT 153.94 SEME 1987 CELF-Preschool Elisabeth H. Wiig, Wayne A. Secord, Eleanor Semel Purpose: Measure a broad range of expressive and receptive language skills in preschool and early Ages: 3 - 6 years Norms: Receptive language composite; Expressive language composite; Total language score (see CELF-3), Standard scores; Percentile ranks; Age equivalents Administration: Untimed, takes approximately 30-45 mins. Publication: Psychological Corporation, San Antonio, Texas; 1992 Location: Renwick KIT 618.92855075 CELF Cottage Acquisition Scales for Listening, Language and Speech (CASLLS) Purpose: Listening - from sound awareness to comprehension of paragraphs, including phonetic listening skills; Speech - the CASLLS tracks objectives from the motor speech program of Dr. Daniel Ling (both phonetic and phonologic) and also links these objectives to phonetic listening Development; Language - pre-verbal through complex sentences; including pragmatic development; Cognition - those cognitive skills that are most linked to language acquisition are charted parallel to listening and language skills Norms: Separate criterion-referenced scales based on research in normal child language acquisition. Behaviors are divided into age spans that can be used in relationship to listening age and chronological age. Publication: Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children; San Antonio, Texas; 2nd ed., 2001 Location: Renwick KIT Q371.912 WILK Purpose: Assesses a child's early language skills and provides intervention activities. It is highly structured, with carefully graded objectives starting from single words and moving to long complex sentences. Publication: Derbyshire County Council, Derbyshire; 1982-84 Location: Renwick KIT 371.926 DERB Early Language Skills Checklist: Observation-Based Assessment for Early Education: User's Handbook Purpose: Provides a framework for identifying strengths and weaknesses in attention control, listening skills, receptive language, expressive language and the child's use of language Ages: 3-5 years Publication: Hodder & Stoughton, London; 1998 Location: Renwick KIT 372.622 BOYL Early Speech Perception Test for Profoundly Hearing-Impaired Children Purpose: Establish objectives and to measure effects of a hearing aid or cochlear implant in terms of their impact on the child's speech perception ability. Ages: 3+ years Publication: Central Institute for the Deaf, St Louis, Missouri; 1990 Location: Renwick KIT 362.42076 MOOG-4 Grammatical Analysis of Elicited Language: Pre-Sentence Level (GAEL-P) Purpose: Tests receptive and expressive skills in hearing impaired children (3-6 years old), with language abilities from no words up to 3-word combinations Ages: 3-6 years Publication: Central Institute for the Deaf, St Louis, Missouri; 1983 Location: Renwick KIT 362.42076 MOOG Grammatical Analysis of Elicited Language: Simple Sentence Level (GAEL-S) Purpose: Tests expressive skills in hearing impaired children (4-10 years) and normally hearing children (2.5-5 years), who use simple sentences Ages: HI (4-10 years); Hearing (2.5-5 years) Publication: Central Institute for the Deaf, St Louis, Missouri; 1979-1985 Location: Renwick KIT 362.42076 MOOG-1 Grammatical Analysis of Elicited Language: Complex Sentence Level (GAEL-C) Purpose: Tests expressive skills, using complex sentences in hearing impaired children (8-12 years) and normally hearing children (3-6 years) Ages: HI (8-12 years); Hearing (3-6 years) Publication: Central Institute for the Deaf, St Louis, Missouri; 1980 Location: Renwick KIT 362.42076 MOOG-2 Identifying Early Phonological Needs in Children with Hearing Impairment Purpose: Assesses spontaneous use of first level phonological patterns, sampling broad categories that are basic in oral communication. Designed for use with hearing impaired children who are at a very low level of verbal communication performance (regardless of age) Ages: Varied Publication: Illinois; 1992 Location: Renwick KIT 362.42076 PADE Instructional Language Assessment Purpose: Assessment is a process of collecting meaningful information about student's language proficiency as they communicate in meaningful situations requiring social and academic language. Assessment procedures focus on general proficiency including both narrative and expository discourse in written and oral context. The information gathered can be immediately used for instruction as well as for planning instruction and monitoring student's progress Publication: Roger Wagner Publishing, Gainsville, Florida; 1992-94 Location: Renwick KIT 371.914 FRAD Rhode Island Test of Language Structure Purpose: It is designed primarily for assessing language development with children who are deaf or hard of hearing. It focuses on syntax, unlike other tests that test morphology Ages: 3-20 with hearing loss;3-6 without hearing loss Administration: 30 mins. Norms: Norms were developed from 513 children with hearing loss and 283 without. Reliability and validity are high Publication: Pro-Ed, Austin, Tex.; 1983 Location: Renwick KIT 407.6 ENGE SALT for Windows: Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT) Purpose: Designed to analyse and interpret language samples from one or more speakers during a communicative interaction. Language sample analysis is a valid indicator of expressive language performance in children. Language samples are able to be transcribed into a common format and to be computed as a series of general analyses of lexical, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic, rate, fluency and error categories. An individual's language sample may also be compared to a reference database of language measures Publication: Language Analysis Laboratory, Waisman Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin; 1984-2000 Location: Renwick KIT 371.914 MILL Scales of Early Communication Skills for Hearing Impaired Children Purpose: Designed to evaluate speech and language development of hearing impaired children. The instrument measures receptive and expressive language. Ratings are based on observation of the child in structured and in natural communication settings Ages: 2-8 years Norms: Criterion referenced and norm referenced Publication: Central Institute for the Deaf, St. Louis, Missouri; 1975 Location: Renwick KIT 362.42076 MOOG-3 Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language (TACL-R) Purpose: Measures receptive spoken vocabulary, grammar and syntax Ages: 3-11 years Norms: Standard scores Administration: 15-25 mins. Publication: PRO-ED, Austin, Texas; Rev. ed., 1985 Location: Renwick KIT 616.855 CARR 1985 Test of Language Development-2: intermediate (TOLD-2) Purpose: Measure components of spoken language Ages: 8 - 12 years Norms: Standard scores; Percentile ranks; Age equivalents Administration: 30-60 mins. Publication: Pro-Ed, Austin, Texas; 2nd ed., 1988 Location: Renwick KIT 371.914 HAMM Auditory Perception Test for the Hearing Impaired (APT/HI) Purpose: Measures speech perception capabilities in the hearing impaired individuals whose hearing losses may range from mild to profound. It evaluates an individual's ability to auditorily decode the spoken English language. As an evaluation/rehabilitation intervention tool, the APT/HI can identify gaps in auditory functioning and provide direction in developing individual auditory training programs. As an assessment tool, it can define developed (acquired), emerging, or missing auditory perception skills. As a programming guide, APT/HI results can be used to develop specific strategies and methods in planning an effective auditory training program. Results from the APT/HI can provide information for selecting the appropriate therapeutic approach or modifying an existing approach (e.g. auditory/verbal, aural/oral, or total communication) Ages: 5 years and upwards Publication: Susan G. Allen, Jacksonville, Fl.; 1994-1999 Location: Renwick KIT Q371.912 ALLE Auditory Skills Program for Students with Hearing Impairment Purpose: Evaluates auditory skills: detection, discrimination, identification and comprehension Ages: Birth - Year 6 Publication: NSW Dept of School Education; [1990] Location: Renwick KIT 371.912 AUDI (2 copies available) The BKB/A Speechreading Test: Version A Publication: La Trobe University, School of Communication Disorders, Bundoora, Vic.; 1993 Location: Renwick KIT 371.9127 BENC Boehm Test of Basic Concepts : Preschool Version Purpose: Evaluate basic concepts essential for school success Ages: 3.0 through 5.11 years Norms: Percentiles by 6-month age bands Administration: 20-30 mins. Publication: Psychological Corporation, San Antonio, Texas; Rev. ed., 1986 Location: Renwick KIT 371.26 BOEH-1 Bruce A. Bracken Purpose: Measure basic concept acquisition and receptive language skills Ages: 2.6 - 7.11 years Norms: Subtest and Composite standard scores; Percentile ranks; Concept age equivalents Administration: 30 mins. Publication: Psychological Corporation, San Antonio, Texas; 1984 Location: Renwick KIT 370.155 BRAC-1 Carolina Picture Vocabulary Test (CPVT) Purpose: Measure receptive sign vocabulary in individuals who use manual signs as their primary means of communication Norms: Scale scores; Percentile ranks; Age equivalents Administration: 10-15 mins. Publication: Pro-Ed, Austin, Texas; 1985 Location: Renwick KIT 371.912 LAYT CID Phonetic Inventory: A Speech Rating Form for Hearing-Impaired Children Purpose: Teacher rates the child's ability to produce speech sounds. The Phonetic Ski lls Profile graphically illustrates the child's skills and progress. Publication: Central Institute for the Deaf, St Louis, Missouri; 1988 Location: Renwick KIT 371.912 MOOG Purpose: Systematically teaches the critical phonological awareness, auditory processing and introductory phonic skills required for learning to read and spell Ages: Step 1 - 4-7 years; Step 2 - 7-10 years Publication: Cognitive Concepts, Evanston, Ill.; 1999 Location: Renwick KIT Q372.465 EARO (2 volumes) Emergent Literacy Profile for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children Purpose: Provides teachers with information concerning children's developing understanding of written language and their strategies for making sense of written language Publication: Centre for Deafness and Communication Studies, Faculty of Education, Griffith University; 1993 Location: Renwick KIT 371.9124 PARK (2 copies available) Expressive Vocabulary Test (EVT) Purpose: Measures expressive vocabulary skills in preschoolers through adults. Specifically, the EVT may be used to: screen for expressive language problems; screen preschool children; measure word retrieval by using standard score differences between EVT and PPVT-III; understand reading difficulties; monitor growth; gather research data; evaluate acquisition of English words Ages: 2.5-90+ years Norms: Standard scores Administration: 15 mins. Publication: American Guidance Services, Circle Pines, Minn.; 1997 Location: Renwick KIT 371.9124 READ Language Structure Simplified: Sentence Formulation and Syntax Development Purpose: For teaching basic sentence types and developing syntax formulation sense to children who have not developed these language skills Publication: Educational Activities, Freeport, N.Y.; 1975-77 Location: Renwick KIT 415 MILL (Kits 1 and 2) Martin and Pratt Nonword Reading Test Purpose: Simple-to-administer test of students' phonological recoding skills with a view to identifying those who are low on these skills and require additional assistance. The test contains nonwords with difficulty levels established on Australian students. Correct responses correspond to acceptable pronunciations. Nonwords are used because, in contrast to real words, they are equally unfamiliar to all students. Regular word structures are used for nonword items to enable the student to employ phonological recoding strategies to produce the combined sound of letter strings Ages: 6-16 years Norms: Based on Australian population Administration: 5-10 mins. Publication: ACER Press, Camberwell, Victoria; 2000 Location: Renwick KIT Q372.48 MART Neale Analysis of Reading Ability - Revised Edition Purpose:It can be used to assess reading progress objectively as well as to obtain structured diagnostic observations of an individual’s reading behaviour Ages: Primary school Publication: ACER, Hawthorn, Victoria; Rev ed., 1988 Location: Renwick Kit 371.26 NEAL 1988 Neale Analysis of Reading Ability Purpose:It can be used to assess reading progress objectively as well as to obtain structured diagnostic observations of an individual’s reading behaviour. Ages: 6–12.11 years Norms: Norms reflecting scores obtained by students are set out by Year of Schooling. They include Raw Scores, Percentile Ranks, Stanines, Performance Descriptors, National Profile Levels and ‘traditional’ Reading Ages Administration: Individual, approx. 20 – 30 mins. Publication: ACER, Camberwell, Victoria; 3rd ed. , 1999 Location: Renwick Kit 371.26 NEAL 1999 Peabody Language Development Kits Revised: Level 2 Purpose: Designed to stimulate oral language and cognitive development among groups of children whose proficiency in standard English is approximately at the 7 year old level Publication: American Guidance Services, Circle Pines, Minnesota; Rev. ed., 1981 Location: Renwick KIT 372.6044 DUNN 1981 Level 2 Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT-III) Purpose: Measures receptive vocabulary and estimates of verbal ability/scholastic aptitude Ages: 2.5-85+ years Administration: Individual, 5-15 mins. Publication: American Guidance Services, Circle Pines, Minnesota; Rev. ed., 1997 Location: Renwick KIT 428.107 DUNN 1997A/B The Phonetic-Phonological Speech Evaluation Record: a Manual Purpose: Designed to make speech evaluation as simple as possible so that progress in acquisition of phonetic and phonologic level skills by hearing impaired children can be mapped Publication: Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, Washington, D.C.; 1991 Location: Renwick KIT 362.42076 LING Phonological Profile for Hearing Impaired Publication: Edith Cowan University, Perth, W. Australia; 1990-91 Location: Renwick KIT 371.912 VARD The PLOTT Screening Test and the PLOTT Sentence Test Publication: Australian Hearing Services, Chatswood, N.S.W.; 1993 Location: Renwick KIT 401.93 PLAN-1 The PLOTT Test Publication: National Acoustic Laboratories, Chatswood, N.S.W.; 1983 Location: Renwick KIT 401.93 PLAN PROBE Informal Reading Inventory: Emphasising Comprehension Purpose: In-depth assessment that identifies how readers read and what they understand. It is an informal reading inventory that combines evaluation of reading accuracy, reading behaviour and in-depth reading comprehension. Based on New Zealand and Australian students Ages: 7-15 years Publication: Tribune Publications, Whangarei, N.Z.; 1999 Location: Renwick KIT Q371.26 POOL Salford Sentence Reading Test Purpose: A simple and quick individual test of oral reading based on a series of sentences of graded difficulty Ages: Primary school Administration: 2-3 mins per child Publication: Hodder and Stoughton, London; Rev ed., 2000 Location: Renwick KIT Q371.26 VINC Sound Effects Recognition Test (SERT) Purpose: Developed for those instances where conventional word recognition measures are not appropriate, such as those with language limitations due to hearing impairment. It has been shown that certain children who are unable to discriminate even simple speech can perceive correctly environmental sounds to which they are exposed in their daily lives. Under these circumstances, the SERT can provide valuable information about the integrity of the auditory system. Ages: 3-6 years Administration: Individual. Identify environmental sounds - 3 lists of 10 sounds (sounds played from cassette tape and identified by pointing to one of four pictures) Publication: Auditec, St. Louis, Missouri; 1977 Location: Renwick KIT 371.912 FINI Teacher Assessment of Grammatical Structures (TAGS) Purpose: Assists teachers evaluating a deaf child's understanding and use of grammatical structures of English Publication: Central Institute for the Deaf, St Louis, Missouri; 1983 Location: Renwick KIT 371.26 MOOG Test of Early Reading Ability: Deaf or Hard of Hearing (TERA-D/HH) D. Kim Read Purpose: Measures children's ability to attribute meaning to printed symbols, their knowledge of the alphabet and its functions, and their awareness of the conventions of print Ages: 3-13 years Norms: Standard scores; Percentile rankings Publication: PRO-ED, Austin, San Antonio, Texas; 1991 Location: Renwick KIT 371.9124 READ Test of Reading Comprehension (TORCH) Purpose: Assess and evaluate reading comprehension levels Ages: 8-12 years; 11-15 years Administration: A set of fourteen untimed stories Publication: Australian Council for Educational Research, Melbourne, Vic.; 1987 Location: Renwick KIT 371.26 MOSS Test of Syntactic Abilities (TSA) Purpose: Diagnostic and normative assessment of persons with language problems resulting from dyslexia, various types of learning disabilities, educable levels of mental retardation and degrees of hearing impairment less than profound deafness Publication: Dormac, Beaverton, Oregon; 1978 Location: Renwick KIT 371.9124 QUIG Test of Syntactic Abilities Program(TSA) Purpose: Consists of a number of activities and 20 sets of materials which relate directly to the 20 tests of the Test of Syntactic Abilities (TSA) Publication: Dormac, Beaverton, Oregon; 1981 Location: Renwick KIT 371.9124 QUIG-1 Test of Word Knowledge (TOWK) Purpose: Evaluates deficits in semantic knowledge Ages: 5-18 years Norms: Subtest standard scores, Receptive and expressive composite standard scores, Total score, Age equivalents, Percentile ranks Administration: 24-45 mins. Publication: Psychological Corporation, San Antonio, Texas; 1991-92 Location: Renwick KIT 153.932 DIFF Test of Written Language (TOWL-2) Purpose: Assess receptive grammar and syntax Ages: 3-11 years Norms: Standard scores; Percentile ranks; Age equivalents Administration: 15-25 mins. Publication: Pro-Ed, Austin, Texas; 2nd ed., 1991 Location: Renwick KIT 428.0076 HAMM 1991 Total Phonology Purpose: A practical and photocopiable manual includes a comprehensive assessment package of phonological awareness ability and outcome measures to evaluate progress; a guide to caseload management; a detailed format for a parent workshop designed to provide information, support and ideas for promoting speech development at home; specific home programmes targeting common phonological processes such as fronting, stopping and voicing. Publication: Winslow Press, Bicester, U.K.; 1999 Location: Renwick BOOK Q618.92855 ABBA Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests: Form G (WRMT) Purpose: Assess basic reading skills and reading comprehension skills from kindergarten to adult. Subscales include: Sight-Word Recognition—Assess skill in recognizing phonologically regular words; Decoding—Assess skill in using phonic and structural analysis to read nonsense words; Passage Comprehension—Assess comprehension in the context of a paragraph using a cloze technique Ages: 5+ years Administration: 40-45 mins. Publication: American Guidance Service, Circle Pines, Minn.; Rev. ed., 1987 Location: Renwick KIT 428.4076 WOOD-1 1987 Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests: Form H(WRMT) Purpose: Assess basic reading skills: letter identification, word identification, word attack, word comprehension, passage comprehension. Ages: 5-18 years Administration: 30 mins. Includes: NU test form Revised H, 1998 Publication: American Guidance Service, Circle Pines, Minn.; Rev. ed., 1987, 1998 Location: Renwick KIT 428.4076 WOOD Word Intelligibility by Picture Identification Purpose:Test the speech discrimination ability of hearing-impaired children Ages: 5-11 (language) years Administration: Individual Publication: Auditech, St. Louis, Miss.; 198? Location: Renwick Kit 401.93 ROSS AMP Articulation Modification Program Publication: Pro-Ed, Austin, Tex.; 1980 Location: Renwick KIT 616.85506 COLL 1980 CASALA: Computer Aided Speech and Language Assessment Purpose:Designed to transcribe and analyse phonetic aspects of speech samples. It provides: a database for storage of client information and transcripts; procedures for entering and editing orthographic transcripts; procedures for entering and editing phonetic transcripts using the International Phonetic Alphabet; an online phonetic dictionary to speed up phonetic transcription; printed transcripts and analyses; phonetic inventory analysis; Percent Correct Consonants (PCC) Publication: University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic.; 1997 Location: Renwick KIT Q616.855 CASA Fisher-Logemann Test of Articulation Competence Purpose:Provides information describing the examinee’s phonological system using linguistic foundations. The Picture Capitals Test may be used with very young children as well as with intellectually disabled children or easily distracted examinees, and tests all Singleton consonants, the most common consonant blends, vowel phonemes, and diphthongs. In addition, 11 of the 36 picture cards provide a screening form for rapid identification of articulation difficulties (these include only the 11 consonants most frequently misarticulated). The Sentence Test contains 15 sentences printed on a single card. The first eight measure the cognate pairs of consonants; the remainder measure unpaired singleton consonants, the nasals, vowel phonemes, and the four English phonemic diphthongs. Ages: Picture Test: preschool – adult; Sentence Test: Year 3 – adult Administration: Individual, untimed Publication: Pro-Ed, Austin, Texas; 1971 Location: Renwick Kit 618.92855FISH Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation Purpose:Provides information about a child's articulation ability by sampling both spontaneous and imitative sound production. Examinees respond to picture plates and verbal cues from the examiner with single-word answers that demonstrate common speech sounds. Additional sections provide further measures of speech production Ages: 6 - 16 years Norms: Standard scores; Age equivalents Administration: Individual, untimed Publication: American Guidance Services, Circle Pines, Minn.; 1986 Location: Renwick Kit 371.26 GOLD Purpose: Assist in developing speech in hearing impaired children through both informal and formal strategies Publication: Ling and Associates, Washington, D.C.; 1990 Location: Renwick KIT 305.908162 LING Peabody Articulation Decks (PAD) Purpose: 10 colourful playing card-sized decks to help students address speech, language and hearing problems. Includes games and activities to target 18 of the most difficult English consonents and blends. Publication: American Guidance Service, Circle Pines, Minn.; 1975 Location: Renwick KIT 371.914 PEAB Purpose:Provides fun and engaging activities for practicing phonemic awareness skills for students who have difficulties with auditory processing, speech articulation and phonological processes, and reading readiness skills. Ages: 3-8 years Administration: In this kit you get 12 different game boards and 256 cards, all adaptable to different games. The engaging games and activities are designed to allow students to practice each of the following phonemic awareness skills: Auditory Discrimination Publication: Pro-Ed, Austin, Texas; 2000 Location: Renwick Kit Q372.465 SAND Photo Articulation Test (PAT-3) Purpose: Assess and interpret articulation errors Ages: 3-8 years Norms: Percentile ranks; Standard scores; Age equivalents Administration: 20 mins. Publication: Pro-Ed, Austin, Texas; 3rd ed., 1997 Location: Renwick Kit 618.92855075 LIPP 1997 Sound and Articulation Activities for Children with Speech-Language Problems Purpose:Activities organised into 44 sections focusing on initial single consonant beginning sounds, finale consonant sounds, initial diagraph and blends, and final combined sounds. Comprehensive sourcebook of stories and activities for motivating young students with speech-language difficulties. Ages: Preschool - Grade 3 Publication: Center for Applied Research in Education, West Nyack, N.Y.; 1996 Location: Renwick Kit 618.928550 KREP Sound Strategist: Activities for Articulation Carry-over and Problem Solving Publication: Thinking Publications, Eau Claire, Wis.; 1989 Location: Renwick KIT 618.92855 SAMU Speech Production and Perception I Purpose: Enables students to acquire an understanding of the correspondence between sound, spectrum and articulation by interactive use of the computer for experience-based learning with self- or teacher-guided instruction. Units covered: Spectrograms; Vowel acoustics; Consonant acoustics; Speech perception; Vowel perception. Includes a Library with IPA consonant and vowel charts and digitally recorded examples of the consonants and vowels in the charts, with spectrograms of each one. Publication: Sensimetrics Corporation, Cambridge, Mass.; 1997 Location: Renwick KIT 616.855 SPEE-2 More information: http://www.sens.com/spp1/index.htm Purpose: A complete system for spectrographic analysis of speech sounds that runs under Windows® 95/98. The system can also be used to examine the sounds of singing, musical instruments, machinery, or any other sound that must be studied and displayed in exact detail. It has been especially designed for research in production, recognition, synthesis and pathology of speech and linguistics. Publication: Sensimetrics Corporation, Cambridge, Mass.; c2000 Location: Renwick KIT 616.855 SPEE-3 More information: http://www.sens.com/speechstation/index.htm Comprehension Test of Nonverbal Intelligence (CTONI) Purpose: Measure nonverbal reasoning Ages: 6-90 years Norms: Raw scores; Standard scores; Percentiles; Age equivalents; Composite scores Administration: 60 mins. Publication: Pro-Ed, Austin, Texas; 1997 Location: Renwick KIT 153.9324 HAMM Differential Ability Scales (DAS) Purpose: Measure overall cognitive ability, specific ability and achievement Ages: 2 years, 6 months-17 years, 11 months Norms: Rasch scaled scores Administration: 45-65 mins. Includes: An achievement test measuring Word Reading, Spelling and Basic Number Skills Publication: Psychological Corporation, San Antonio, Texas; 1990 Location: Renwick KIT 153.932 DIFF Differential Aptitutde Tests - Forms V and W (DAT) - Australian Adaption Purpose: With 1983 Australian norms, it assesses verbal reasoning, numerical ability, abstract reasoning, mechanical reasoning, space relations, clerical speed and accuracy, and spelling and language usage Ages: 12 years to adult Administration: Time varies Publication: Psychological Corporation, San Antonio, Texas; 1988 Location: Renwick KIT 153.93 DELE KeyMath revised, NU: a Diagnostic Inventory of Essential Mathematics Purpose: Designed to assess understanding and applications of mathematics concepts and skills Ages: 5-15 years Publication: American Guidance Service, Circle Pines, Minnesota; 1998 Location: Renwick KIT 372.70973 CONN Meadow-Kendall Social/Emotional Assessment Inventory (SEAI) for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Students Purpose: Can be used to flag students who need extra attention in particular areas … . useful in communication with parents who are reluctant to admit that their child needs special attention … helpful in implementing an individualized program so that social and emotional areas are emphasized in the curriculum for the child who needs them Ages: Preschool to school age Publication: Outreach, Pre-College Programs, Gallaudet University; 1983 Location: Renwick KIT 155.2830872 MEAD SIB-R: Scales of Independent Behavior-Revised Purpose: A comprehensive, norm-referenced assessment of adaptive and maladaptive behavior Ages: Infant/preschool + Administration: Structured interview or by a checklist procedure Publication: Riverside Publishing, Ithica, Illinois; Rev ed., 1996 Location: Renwick KIT 371.26 SIB-R S.O.N.R.: Snijders-Ooomen Non-Verbal Intelligence Test Purpose: Tests the individual assessment of intelligence of hearing and deaf children in which the use of spoken or written language is not necessary Ages: 5.5-17 years Publication: Wolters-Noordhoof, Groningen, The Netherlands; 1989 Location: Renwick KIT 153.93 SNIJ The Social Use of Language Programme: Enhancing the Social Communication of Children and Teenagers with Special Education Needs: Manual Ages: 5-17 years Publication: NFER-Nelson, Windsor, Berkshire; 1992 Location: Renwick KIT 371.904462 RINA Special Educator's Complete Guide to 109 Diagnostic Tests Purpose: A comprehensive guide to the most common tests used in special education, as well as rating and adaptive behavior scales. Describes how to interpret test scores for student IEPs Publication: Center for Applied Research in Education, West Nyack, N.Y.; 1998 Location: Renwick BOOK Q371.904 PIER Stanford Achievement Test: Form S Purpose: Achievement testing of deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Designed to measure performance in the areas of reading, spelling, study skills, language, mathematics, science, social science, and listening skills Ages: Grades 1-9 Publication: Gallaudet Research Institute, Washington, D.C.; 9th ed., 1996 Location: Renwick KIT 371.26097 STAN Student Performance Standards in Mathematics for Students with Low Incidence Disabilities Publication: Low Incidence Support Centre, Dept. of Education, Brisbane, Qld.; 1995 Location: Renwick KIT 371.90447 STUD Test of Problem Solving (TOPS) Purpose: Assess ability to organise thoughts and express ideas clearly Ages: 6-11 years Publication: Lingui Systems, East Moline, Ill.; 1984 Location: Renwick KIT 153.93 ZACH Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT-II) Purpose: Assess academic achievement, compare achievement and ability and target intervention Ages: 4 through adults Norms: Age and grade-based; Standard score information; age and grade-based Composite score Administration: 45 mins. Publication: Psychological Corporation, San Antonio, Texas; 2nd ed., 2001 Location: Renwick KIT 371.271 WIAT 2001 Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III) Purpose: Measure a child's intellectual ability Ages: 6-6.11 years Norms: Scaled Scores and IQs by age Administration: Core Subtests: 50 to 70 minutes ; Supplemental Subtests: 10 to 15 minutes Publication: Psychological Corporation, San Antonio, Texas; 3rd ed., 1991 Location: Renwick KIT 155.41393 WECH Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT3) Purpose: Measures reading, spelling and arithmetic achievement in children and adults Ages: 5-75 years Norms: Standardised scores Administration: 15-30 mins. Publication: Stoelting, Wood Dale, Ill. ; 3rd ed. 1993 Location: Renwick KIT 428.4076 WILK 1993 The ABC's of AVT : Analyzing Auditory-Verbal Therapy Purpose: Measures receptive spoken vocabulary, grammar and syntax Publication: Foreworks, North Hollywood, Calif.; 1981 Location: Renwick KIT 616.855 TEST Auditory Verbal Training Program Handbook Publication: Listen Foundation, Englewood, Co.; 1990 Location: Renwick KIT 371.912 CALE-1 The Baby is Listening : an Educational Tool for Professionals Who Work with Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Purpose: The first principle of auditory-verbal practice is early detection and identification. When followed by aggressive audiological management and an early parent guidance program, children can learn to hear, listen, understand spoken language and talk with others. This video and guide are designed to illustrate diagnostic therapy and is not intended to represent a universal formula for success. Babies and their families are unique. Each requires a creative and individualized program. This kit delineates significant features of the therapy episodes and provides guiding questions for in-depth professional critique and discussion. The six babies range in age from a few months to three years. Publication: Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Washington, D.C.; 2000 Location: Renwick KIT Q618.920978 ESTA SCAN-C: Test for Auditory Processing Disorders in Children Purpose: Detect auditory processing disorders in children Ages: 5-11 years Norms: Standard scores; Percentile ranks Administration: 30 mins. Publication: Psychological Corporation, San Antonio, Texas; Rev. ed., 2000 Location: Renwick KIT 618.920978 KEIT Test for Auditory Comprehension Purpose: Measures receptive spoken vocabulary, grammar and syntax Publication: Foreworks, North Hollywood, Calif.; 1981 Location: Renwick KIT 616.855 TEST Infant/Toddler Sensory Profile Purpose: Examine patterns in children who are at risk or have specific disabilities Ages: Birth to 36 months Norms: Standardized with 589 cases, 100 per age range Administration: 15 mins. Publication: Psychological Corporation, San Antonio, Texas; Rev. ed., 2002 Location: Renwick KIT Q152.1 DUNN More Info: http://harcourtassessment.com/HAIWEB/Cultures/en-us/dotCom/SensoryProfile.com.htm Accreditation by Examination : Paraprofessional Interpreter Sample Test in English/Auslan Publication: National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters, Canberra, A.C.T.; Location: Renwick KIT 418.02 NATI Accreditation by Examination : Interpreter Sample Test in English/Auslan Publication: National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters, Canberra, A.C.T.; Location: Renwick KIT 418.02 NATI-1 Assessing British Sign Language Development : Receptive Skills Test Purpose: Assess deaf children's understanding of BSL grammar. Ages: 3-11 years Norms: Standardized Publication: Forest, Coleford, Gloucestershire; 1999 Location: Renwick KIT Q419 HERM Sources of additional information added to Kit Records: ACER Press (2002). Psychological Tests and Resources Catalogue.
developing the spoken language skills of a child who has a cochlear implant
Eleanor Semel; Elisabeth H. Wiig, Wayne A. Secord
childhood aged children
Jean Moog
Jean S. Moog
Jean S. Moog
Jean S. Moog
Elizabeth Engen, T. Engen
Jon F. Miller, Robin S. Chapman
Jean S. Moog, Ann E. Geers
Donald D. Hammill, Phyllis L. Newcomer
Auditory Perception, Semantics / Concepts
Susan G. Allen, Thomas S. Serwatka
John Bench … [et al.]
Ann E. Boehm
Ages: 4-11.5 years
Jean S. Moog
Frances Martin, Chris Pratt
Leota M. Dunn, Lloyd M. Dunn, James O. Smith
Lloyd M. Dunn, Leota M. Dunn
Daniel Ling
Iris Vardi
Geoff Plant, Alessandra Moore
Geoff Plant, Sharan Westcott
Brian Pool, Catherine Parkin, Chris Parkin
Denis Vincent, Mary Crumpler
Terese Finitzo-Hieber … [et al.]
Jean S. Moog, Victoria J. Kozak
Leila Mossenson, Peter Hill, Geoffrey Masters
Stephen P. Quigley … [et al.]
Stephen P. Quigley, Desmond J. Power
Elizabeth H. Wiig, Wayne Secord
Donald H. Hammill, Stephen C. Larsen
Lisa Abba, Sarah Ayub, Vicki Selwyn-Barnett
Richard W. Woodcock
Richard W. Woodcock
Mark Ross, Jay Lerman
Speech: Articulation
analysis; phonological process analysis; word shapes analysis; online help describing all aspects of the program and how to use it.
Daniel Ling, Sandy North
James O. Smith
Auditory Segmentation
Isolation and Deletion
Auditory Figure-Ground
Rhyming
Phonemic Substitution
Phonemic Blending
Auditory Analysis
Auditory Memory and Sequencing
It is designed to be played with nearly unlimited flexibility. The instructor can modify the targeted skill(s), level of difficulty, and game format. The games outlined in this instruction booklet provide the creative teacher, clinician, parent, or tutor with basic guidelines for some of the many activities that can be developed using these materials
Barbara A. Lippke, Stanley E. Dickey, John W. Selmar, Anton L. Soder
Elizabeth Krepelin
Sensimetrics
General Development, Intelligence and Academic Achievement
Colin Elliott
De Lemos, M.M.
Kathryn P. Meadow-Orlans
Robert H. Bruininks … [et al.]
J.T. Snijders, P.J. Tellegen, J.A. Laros
Wendy Rinaldi
Roger Pierangelo, George Giuliani
Linda Zachman … [et al.]
Percentile ranks; Stanines and Normal curve equivalents (NCEs); Age and Grade
equivalents
Gary S. Wilkinson
Auditory-Verbal
Warren Estabrooks, Judith Marlowe
Auditory Processing
Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools
Sensory Integration
Sign Language - Auslan and British Sign Language
National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters
1997
National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters
1997
Pro-Ed Australia (2002). Speech and Language Catalogue.
The Psychological Corporation (2002). Psychology Catalogue.
The Psychological Corporation (2002). Allied Therapies and Special Education Catalogue.
The Psychological Corporation (2003). Speech and Language: Assessment and Therapy Resources.
World Wide Web - various websites used for validation of information