Auditory Perception Test for the Hearing Impaired

ABOUT THE BOOK
Designed for children with hearing loss aged three years and older, this test enables the accurate determination of children’s discrete auditory perception abilities by profiling in sixteen different skill areas. By using a limited set of words within the test and by using the recommended trial sets, the user can predetermine if a student knows the linguistic material included in the test item set, which in turn shows that auditory processing is being tested instead of linguistic functioning. Based on the results of current performance and identified deficits, the interventionist can structure an appropriate therapy and/or educational intervention plan, including objectives for the Individual Educational Plan (IEP). Administer the test every 6 months to measure progress and to make necessary modifications to the individualized program.

Practical, easy to use, and designed for use with any number of curricula, the test identifies specific auditory perception and processing deficits across the continuum of listening, from awareness to open-set comprehension. It allows for specific analysis of the individual’s ability to decode phonemes in isolation and in the context of words and sentences. Suprasegmental and linguistic processing skills are also examined. A performance profile (rather than a score) provides a display of mastered, emerging, and missing skills. Additional testing materials and activities for intervention are also included.

Test comprises: Manual; Red Flags; Lower-Level Listening Test; Test Book containing picture plates and procedures for performance of each task; CD containing manual, record forms, Power Point presentation on assessment, and demonstration evaluation.

CONTENTS

FOREWORD by Dr. Christina Perigoe

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

DEVELOPMENT OF THE TEST

Pilot Test

Modifications

Reliability

Validity

FURTHER RESEARCH

Approach

Population

Results

Conclusion

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADMINISTERING AND SCORING

Description of Materials

Administration of the Test

Task Area Instructions and Comments

Scoring Criteria Performance Profiles

INTERPRETATION AND USE OF RESULTS

Reporting of Functional Speech Perception Intervention and the Circle of Listening

CONCLUSION

A FINAL NOTE

REFERENCES

APPENDIXES

Appendix A:Orthographic Symbols

Appendix B:Vowel and Consonant Charts

Appendix C:APT/HI-R Upper Extension: Additional Practice and Advanced Activities

Appendix D:APT/HI-R Lower Extension: Assessment and Remediation of Delayed Early Listening Skills

Appendix E:Red Flag Behaviors

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Susan G Allen, MED, Med, CCC-SLP is co-author of the original APT/HI and the founder and director of the Clarke Jacksonville Auditory/Oral Center, one of five campuses of the CLARKE School for Deaf / Center for Oral Education.

AUDIENCE
Primary: Speech-Language Pathologists