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Pediatric Auditory Perception Assessments
Auditory Behaviour in Everday Life (ABEL)
(Purdy et al., 2002)
Recommended age: 2 years to 12 years
Description: This is a thirty-five item questionnaire developed to assess parental
perceptions of their children’s auditory behavior. The test addresses three
subscales (Auditory Oral, Auditory Awareness, and Social/Conversational Skills).
The subset of 24 questions can be utilized with children ages 2-3 if the child’s
language skills are adequate.
Questionnaire can be found in:
Purdy, S., et al. 2002. ABEL: Auditory Behaviour in Everyday Life, American
Journal of Audiology, 11:72-82
Auditory Perception of Alphabet Letters (APAL)
(Ross and Randolph, 1990)
Recommended age: Minimum of 5 years
Description: The Auditory Perception of Alphabet Letters (APAL) was developed
for use with hearing impaired children for whom the more standard tests are
unsuitable. Children may be unfamiliar with some of the pictured items on the
WIPI, PSI, or NU-CHIPS, or some of the PBK-50 words may not be in the child’s
vocabulary or the child’s speech may be unintelligible, or the materials may be
too easy or uninteresting. In these cases the APAL may prove useful.
Order from:
Auditec of St. Louis
2515 South Big Bend Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63143
(800)669-9065 or (314)781-8890 (phone)
(314)781-4946 (fax)
http://www.auditec.com
Test Reference 10 February 2010