A profile analysis procedure was used with the Carrow Auditory-Visual Abilities Test to aid in the identification of systematic modality preferences in two preschool children with articulation disorders. Critical values are identified to facilitate the identification of the child's strengths and weaknesses at the subtest level. (Author/DB)

Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children scores obtained by 20 Down's syndrome children (ages 8-12) were compared with scores of 20 younger siblings and 20 nonretarded children matched for mental age. Among results were that Down's syndrome children performed significantly better on subtests employing visual as opposed to auditory channels of…

Michael's Informal Test of Student Ability (MITOSA) is a diagnostic evaluative tool for adult students designed to test nine skills abilities in adult students functioning below a tenth grade level. The nine test sections are approximate reading level, understanding of basic math concepts and symbols, general thinking/reasoning ability, eye-hand…

To examine the relationship of the Flowers-Costello Tests of Central Auditory Abilities and the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, 20 ethnic minority kindergarten children were administered both tests. (Author)

This study examined the relationship between initial and final consonants on two equivalent forms of the Wepman Auditory Discrimination Test (WADT). Subjects were 128 first grade, English-speaking, Negro, disadvantaged children. The two WADT forms each contained 40 different word-pairs. Thirteen word-pairs differed in initial consonant (IPT); 13…

An audiometric screening survey was conducted on a severely and profoundly mentally retarded population using noise-makers and pure tone audiometry. Of those tested with noise-makers, 83% gave an identifiable response to sound, 7% did not respond, and 10% were considered difficult-to-test. By contrast, 4% passed, 2% failed, and 94% were…

The forced-choice psychophysical procedures of the Seashore Measures are well designed to assess sensory capacities. The norms of the current version of the test, however, show percentile ranks that purport to distinguish between scores that can only represent chance performance (Author/BW)

Examined the influence of intelligence level on the performance of children (N=121), aged 9-14, on the Halstead Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery. Results indicated a significant influence of IQ on level of performance on six of 14 measures. Tests of problem-solving abilities, language skills, and auditory perceptual analysis were most…

This document describes the research activities of the Syracuse University Evaluation and Research Center for the year September 1, 1966 through August 31, 1967. This final report is organized on the basis of six research projects, which have been abstracted under the following titles and numbers: (1) Experiments in Grammatical Processing in…