Table A: Intellectual Assessment Tools Used with Learners who are Deaf/ Hard of Hearing.

Author/Publ Timed Use of Fine Communicatio

Test isher ? Time* Motor n Mode Notes
Skills
Roid & Miller, Minimal Gestures; Ages 2 to 20-11 years; A small group
LEITER-R 1997 / timing in 25-40 No demonstration. of individuals
3
Psychological subtests Mo Subte provide
Assessment . st minutes sts initial with ―severe hearing impairment‖ were included
Resources, Inc traini
(PAR, Inc) subtests are ng trials. during test development
untime
d.
Wechsler Wechsler, 2004 / Yes Desi Yes (Block
Intelligence Scale Pearson (Block gn 65-80 Design, Auditory/signed Age range 6 to 16-11 years;
for Children – subtest Cancellation Caution is advised when using of the
Fourth Education, Inc. only) minutes Subtests) instructions and Digit Span
subtests of the Wechsler measures and
Edition (WISC-IV) demonstration should be
applied by using other tests that rely
on short-term
memory for sequential information
due to the affect
of language modality during
administration. (Boutla,
Supalla, Newport, & Bavelier, 2004);
Careful
interpretation of scores is advised –
verbal results
may be better used to predict academic
achievement
in an inclusive setting over intellectual
ability
Wechsler Adult Wechsler, 1997 / Age range 16 to 89 years; A new
Intelligence Pearson Yes 60-75 Yes Auditory/signed version of the
Scale – Third WAIS coming out in late 2008; apply
Edition Education, Inc. minutes instructions and cautious
(WAIS-III) demonstration interpretation of verbal results
Wechs & Naglieri, Age range 4 to 21-11 years;
Wechsler Scale of ler 2006 No 20-45 Yes Pictorial directions Developed for
/
Nonverbal Ability Pearso Education linguistically diverse populations,
(WNV) n Inc. minutes including D/HH
learners.
Universal Bracken & Standardized Age range 5 to 17-11 years; Assumes
Nonverbal McCallum, 1998 No 30-45 Yes gestures and limited
Intelligence Test
(UNIT) / Nelson Education minutes demonstration linguistic mediation or acculturation

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 Author/Publ Timed Use of Fine Communicatio
Test isher ? Time* Motor n Mode Notes
Skills
Kaufman Kaufman & N Age range 3 to 18 years; Allows for
Assessment Kaufman, 1996 o 25-55 No Pantomime; motor teaching items;
Battery for minut
Children – / Pearson Education es responses tips for pantomime in manual
2nd Ed. (K-ABC
II)

Reynolds Reynolds & Y Age range 3 to 94 years; relatively brief

Intellectual Kamphaus, es 30-35 No Auditory/signed test; has
Assessment Scales 2003 / minut special testing considerations in the
(RIAS) Psychological es instructions and manual for
Assessment Resources, D/HH learners; requires cautious
Inc (PAR, demonstration interpretation of
Inc) verbal results
Linder, 1999 (and N Mostly Age range birth to 6 years; requires
Transdisciplinary others) / o 60-90 No observation completion by
Play-based minut
Assessment Brookes Publishing es a multi-disciplinary team

Spragins, (199
A.B. 8) http://gri.gallaudet.edu/Assessment/intellec.php#tests
of
*Use of mean communicati
alternative s on (i.e. ASL) can extend administration time
 Table E: Assessment Tools Used with D/HH preschoolers

Test Ag Grou
Who Can Time Norm/
Name e p Targeted Skills Publisher
Require Comparison
Administer d Group
AUDITORY PERCEPTION / LISTENING
SKILLS
CASLLS: Cottage Teac Bir Criterion- Sunshine Cottage School for the
Acquisition her th and up N/A referenced Set of scales that follow the Deaf
Sca development of language,
les for Listening, listening, 103 Tuleta Drive
Language and
Speech cognition, and speech San Antonio, TX 78212
210-832-
8696
http://www.sunshineco
ttage.org/

CO Children’s Child, Parents, t Informal questionnaire that

W: Outcome and 4:0 o 12:0 5-10 minutes allows child, http://www.oticonusa.com
Worksh Teac caregiver, and teacher to
eets (2003) her years specify 5
situations where improved
hearing is
desired
EL Ear Paren Informal evaluation of
F: ly Listening ts Birth to N/A listening activities http://www.phonak.com
Functio adolescenc in the child’s typical
n e environments
ES Ear Teac Measures the effects of hearing
P: ly Speech her 3:0 + N/A aid(s) or Central Institute for Deaf (CID)
Perception Test cochlear implant(s) in terms of
(1990) the 825 South Taylor Avenue
impact on the child’s speech
perception St. Louis, MO 63110
314-977-
ability 0133
http://cid.
 edu

FA Functional Birt Assesses functional auditory

PI: Auditory Parents and h to ___ N/A None skills http://www.cde.state.co.us
Performance Teac
Indicators her
(2004)
FL Functional Paren an Observation of listening http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdesped/d
E: Listening ts d 3:0 + 30 minutes abilities affected ownload/pdf/
s4-
Evaluat (2001 Teac by noise, distance and visual FunListEval
ion ) her input. .pdf

IT-MAIS: Infant- Teac interview Birth to Interview format to assess the

Toddler her s 5:0 N/A child’s Advanced Bionics Corporation
Meaningful spontaneous responses to 1-800-678-
Auditory the Parents sound in the 2575
Integrat Scale
ion (2003) environment http://www.bionicear.com

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 Who Tim
Can e Norm/
Test Age Comparison
Administ
Name Group Required Group Targeted Skills Publisher
er

L.I.F. Listen Invent Kindergart 10- Questionnaire to identify The Educational Audiology
E.: ing ory Teacher and en 20 minutes benefit of Association
or
Education: Efficac an
An y Student d up amplification. Available from:
http://www.kandersonaudco
Tool (1998). nsulting.com

LittlE Audit Birth 218 hearing Parent Questionnaire:

ARS ory Parent to 2 N/A children 0- Identifies types of http://www.medel.com
Questionnair 24 months; auditory behaviors and
e currently development
being evaluated on
children
with cochlear
implants
Presch S.I.F.T. 10- Compares D/HH http://www.kandersonaudconsulting.
ool E.R.: Teacher 3:0 to 15 minutes child to hearing com
Scree Instrum Kindergarte children in the classroom:
ning ent for n academics,
Target Educati attention, participatio
ing onal Risk communication, n,
and school
(1996) behavior
*SPANISH
VERSION
TACL Test of 1,102 Measures receptive vocabulary
-3: Auditory Teacher 3:0 to 9:11 Administered hearing students spoken , AGS Publishing
Comprehension of individually;1 3:0-9:11 in 24 grammar and
Language- 0-20 states syntax 4201 Woodland Road
3rd Edition
(1999) minutes Circle Pines, MN 55014
800-328-2560
 http://www.pearsonschool.com/

SPEECH /
INTELLIGIBILIT
Y
Arizona 1:5 Identify misarticulations and
Articulation Teacher to 18:0 Administered 5, 500 children and articulation Pro Ed, Inc.
Proficiency Scale –
3rd Individually teens proficiency http://www.proedinc.com
Edition
(2001)
TI
ME
:
2-10 minutes

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 Who
Ag Gro
Can Time Norm/
Test Name e up Targeted Skills Publisher
Administ Require Comparison
er d Group
Goldman-Fristoe: 2,350 subjects 2- Assesses a child’s articulation
Test of Teacher 2:0 to 21 Administered 21 ability by AGS Publishing
Articulation – 2nd sampli
Edition Individually years ng both spontaneous and http://ags.pearsonassessments.com
(200 imitati
0) ve speech production
TIME:
5-15 minutes
WA Word Teacher or Assess a child’s perception of
SP: Associations Parent N/A English Advanced Bionics Customer Care
by Syllable phonemes using simple
Perception pictures cards 1-800-829-0026
(199 and a diagnostic scoring
9) system http://www.bionicear.com

LANG
UAGE
CPV Carolina to 761 deaf children Receptive sign vocabulary test
T: Picture Teacher 4:0 11:5 TIME: 2-16 for PRO-ED, Inc.
Vocabulary Test childr
(1985) 10-15 minutes years in total en 1-800-897-3202
communication
settings http://www.proedinc.com
in U.S.

to 150 preschool Evalu expressive and

CELF-P-2: Clinical Teacher 3:0 6:11 Administered 0 aged ates receptive Pearson
Evaluation of language ability focusing on
Language Individually children word 1-800-211-8378
Function – meanings, word and sentence
Preschool, 2nd structure, http://harcourtassessment.com
Editi
on (2004) TIME: and recall of spoken language
30-45 minutes

CAS to 1,70 subjects ages Oral language

L: Comprehensive Teacher 3:0 21:0 Administered 0 3 assessment: Pearson – AGS Publishing
Assessment of – 166 comprehension, and
Spoken individually 21; sites expression, retrieval http://ags.pearsonassessments.com
includes lexical, supraling
Language (1999) nationwide semantic, uistic,
TIME: 35-40
min. and pragmatic

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 Who
A Gro
Can Time Norm/
Test Name ge up Targeted Skills Publisher
Administ Require Comparison
er d Group

EOW Expressive 2: to 1,118 hearing Assesses a child’s oral/spoken

PVT: One Teacher 0 18:11 Administered children English Super Duper Publications,
Wo Picture vocabulary. Tasks include:
rd Vocabulary individually 2 - 11 years in name objects, http://www.superduperinc.com
Test
(2000) California actions & concepts pictured in
TIME: illustrations
10-15 minutes
*SPANISH VERSION
K-
SEAL Kaufman to Assesses children’s language
S: Survey of Teacher 3:0 6:11 Administered 1,000 children skills Super Duper Publications,
Earl Acade (expressive and receptive),
y mic and individually pre-academic http://www.superduperinc.com
Langu Ski
age lls (1993) skills and articulation
TIME:
15-25 minutes

Questionnaire/ 1,813 hearing Asks parents to identify

MacArthur-Bates Parents and 8 months to Checkl children various words Brookes Publishing Co.
Communi Develop that their child wither says or
cative ment Teachers 3:1 ist 8 - 30 months signs, http://www.brookespublishing.com
Invento (2004 includes vocabulary relating to
ries ) things in
the home, people, action
words,
description words, pronouns,
prepositions, and questions
words.
*SPANISH VERSION
OWLS: and 3: to 1,985 individuals Assessment of receptive and
Oral Written Teachers 0 21:11 Individually 3- expressive AGS Pearson
Langu TIME: 5-25
age Scales (1995) mins 21 years (oral and written) language http://ags.pearsonassessments.com
PLS Preschool Birth to Auditory comprehension
-4: Language Teacher 6:11 Administered (basic Pearson
Scales Edition vocabulary, concepts,
-4th (2002) individually grammatical http://pearsonassess.com
markers, comparisons and
inferences)
TIME: and expressive communication
20-45 minutes *SPANISH VERSION

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 A Gro
Who Can Time Norm/
Test Name ge up Targeted Skills Publisher
Require Comparison
Administer d Group
Teac an Parent 1,112 an Parent Interview: Identify Pears
REEL-3: Receptive- her d Parent Birth to 3:0 Interview infants d infants and on – AGS Publishing
Expres toddlers with language
sive Emergent toddlers disabilities
Language Test-3rd TIME: 20
Ed (2003) min.

RIT Rhode Island Teac 3: 513 wi PRO-

LS: Test of her 0 to 20 Administered children th Measure of English language ED, Inc.
Langu Structure (D/HH)3:0 hearing loss and development, with focus on
age (1983) to 6 individually 283 syntax http://www.proedinc.com
(Hear
ing ) 30 minutes hearing children
Teac an Birt t Parent A parent observation scale
SKI-HI Language her d Parent h o 5 Interview/ listing the Hope Publishing, Inc
Development Scale receptive and expressive
(2004) Questionnaire language skills 1856 North 1200 East
of children birth to five North Logan, UT 84341

TEL Teac 2: t 2,217 children Test of spoken language PRO-

D-3: Test of Early her 0 o 7:11 Administered from 35 abilities ED, Inc.
Development-3rd
Edition individually states http://www.proedinc.com
(199
5)
TIME:
15-45 minutes

TOLD Test of Teac 4: to Nine subtests that measure PRO-

-P:4: Language her 0 8:11 Administered 1,000 children; 30 different ED, Inc.
Development- individually states components of spoken http://www.proedinc.com
Primary-4th language
Editi
on (1997)
TIME:
60 minutes
TOS Te of Teac 4: t 1,510 students 4:0 A receptive and expressive test
S-P: st Semantic her 0 o 8:11 Administered - designed LinguiSystems
Skills- 8:11 to assess a child’s semantic
Primary (2002) individually years skills (800) PRO-IDEA
TIME: http://www.linguisystems.com
25-35 mins

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 Test Ag Gro
Who Can Time Norm/
Name e up Targeted Skills Publisher
Require Comparison
Administer d Group
TTF Tok Test Teac Measures subtle receptive
C-2: en for her 3:0 to 12:5 Administered 1,300+ children language Super Duper Publications
Children- (2007
Revised ) individually dysfunction in children 1-800-277-8737
http://www.superduperinc.com
TIME:
10 minutes
WRMT- Woodcoc Teac Comprehensive individual
R/NU: k her 5:0 to 75+ Administered 3,000 individuals assessment of American Guidance Service, Inc
Read Mast
ing ery - (1998) individually reading activity http://ags.pearsonassessments.com

BASIC
CONCEPTS
Batte Developme Teac an observation of child, &
lle ntal her d Birth-7:11 Complete: interviews; http://www.riverpub.com
Inventor Edition paren interaction with the child using
y-2nd (2005) ts 1-2 hours game-
like materials, questionnaires,
Screening: and tasks;
10-30 minutes *SPANISH

BAYLE Bayley Teacher and Five key developmental

Y-III: Scales of Parent 1 to 3:7 30-90 minutes domains of Pearson
Infa and cognition, language, social-
nt Toddler emotional, http://pearsonassess.com
Development-3rd
Edition motor, and adaptive behavior
(200
5)
Teac Evaluates understanding of the
Boehm Test of Basic her 3:0 to 5:11 20-30 minutes 660 children basic Pearson
Concepts-3 http://pearsonasse
Preschool (2001) relational concepts ss.com
BIE Brigance Teac an Infant and toddler
D-II: Inventory her d Birth to 7 30-45 minutes developmental skills, Curriculum Associates, Inc.
of Early Paren caregivers’ involvement, and http://www.curriculumassociates.co
Development ts interactions, m
*SPANISH
CD Child Paren Parent Questionnaire :child’s
I: Development ts 1:3 to 6:0 30-50 minutes 2,000+ present Pearson – AGS Publishing
Inventor
y development http://ags.pearsonassessments.com

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 Who
Age
Can Time Norm/
Test Name Group Targeted Skills Publisher
Administ Require Comparison
er d Group
HE Bir N Identify needs, tracking growth VORT
LP: Hawaii Early Teacher and th to 6 N/A ot standardized. and Corporation
Learning Profile 1-650-322-
(2004) parents development, and determining ―next 8282
steps‖ http://www.vort.com/
*SPANISH VERSION

INS Developmental Birt to Checklist assesses areas of

ITE Skills Teacher and h 6:0 N/A gross motor, Hope Publishing, Inc
for Multi-disabled fine motor, self-help,
Sensory Parents cognition, social, http://hopepubl.com/
emotional, communication,
Impaired Children vision,
auditory, and tactile
development
Mul Birt to Comprehensive measure of a American
len Scales of Early Teacher h 5:8 Administered 1,849 individuals child’s Guidance Service, Inc
motor, perceptual, and 5601 Green
Learning (1995) individually language abilities Valley Drive
Bloomington, MN 55437
1-800-627-
TIME: 7271
25-40 mins http://ags.pearsonassessments.com
ACADEMI
CS
KR Kindergarten Preschool Intended to assist in
T: Readiness Teacher – Individual determining a Scholastic testing Service, Inc.
Kindergart 1-800-642-
Test en TIME: student’s readiness for beginning 6787
25-30 mins kindergarten http://ststesting.com/krt.html
*SPANISH VERSION

SOCIAL
SKILLS
Meadow-Kendal 80 Four subscales (sociable,
Social Teacher and 3:0 to 6:11 N/A 0 children with communicative,: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu
Emotio impulsive, dominating :
nal Assessment Parents hearing loss developmental
Invento fo lags: and anxious, compulsive)
ries r Deaf /HH plus
three special items related to
Students-Preschool HL
VINELA Birt to Parent interview that measures
ND-II: Vineland Teacher and h 90 20-60 minutes personal American Guidance Services, Inc.
Adaptive Behavior and social skills needed for
Scales-2nd Parents everyday http://ags.pearsonassessments.com
Edition
(2008) living