Tests and Measures

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The following tests are used to evaluate speech perception and speech/language skills at the University of Michigan Cochlear Implant Program. The precise test used with a recipient will vary depending on age, language skills, and attention span. Taped versions of the test are administered to a soundfield or administered monitored live voice using a presentation level of 60 dB SPL.

Speech Perception Tests: Adults With Postlingual Deafness

• CNC Monosyllabic Words (Peterson & Lehiste, 1962)
• Hearing in Noise Test (HINT) Sentences (Nilsson, Soli, & Sullivan, 1994)

Speech Perception Tests: Adults With Prelingual Deafness

• CID Everyday Sentences (Silverman & Hirsh, 1955)-presented using hearing alone; hearing plus speechreading; and speechreading alone
• CNC Monosyllabic Words (Peterson & Lehiste, 1962)

Speech Perception Tests: Children

• Early Speech Perception Test (ESP; Moog & Geers, 1990)
• Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (MAIS; Robbins, Renshaw, & Berry, 1991)
• Word Intelligibility by Picture Identification (WIPI) Test (Ross & Lerman, 1979)
• Northwestern University-Children's Perception of Speech (NU-CHIPS) Test (Elliot & Katz, 1980)
• Minimal Pairs Test (Robbins et al., 1988)
• PBK-50 Word List (Haskins, 1949)
• Bamford-Kowel-Bench Sentences (BKB; Bamford, Kowal & Bench, 1979)
• The Common Phrases Test (Robbins, Renshaw, & Osberger, 1995)
• Glendonald Auditory Screening Procedure (GASP; Words and Sentences; Erber, 1982)
• Lexical Neighborhood Test (LNT; Kirk, Pisoni, & Osberger, 1995)
• Multi-Lexical Neighborhood Test (MLNT; Kirk, Pisoni, & Osberger, 1995)
• Hearing in Noise Test (HINT-C) Sentences for Children
• Woodcock Johnson Test of Achievement-III, Oral Directions Subtest, Oral Comprehension Subtest (Woodcock, McGrew, & Mat her, 2001).

Speech and Language Measures: Children

• Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III (Dunn & Dunn, 2001)
• Expressive Vocabulary Test (Williams, 1997)
• Oral and Written Language Scales (Carrow-Woolfolk, 1995)
• Bracken Basic Concept Scale (Bracken, 1998)
• Preschool Language Scale-4 (Zimmerman, Steiner, & Pond, 2002)
• Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals-3 (Semel, Wiig, & Secord, 1995)
• Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals-Preschool 2 (Wiig, Secord, & Semel, 2004)
• Arizona Articulation Proficiency Scale, Third Revision (Fudala, 2000)
• The Token Test for Children (DiSimoni, 1978)
• Woodcock Johnson Test of Achievement-III, Passage Comprehension Subtest (Woodcock, McGrew, & Mather, 2001)
• The Rosetti Infant-Toddler Language Scale (Rossetti, 1990)
• Cottage Acquisition Scales for Listening, Language, and Speech (Wilkes, 2001)
• CID Picture SPINE (Speech Intelligibility Evaluation; Monsen, Moog, & Geers, 1988)