Test Reference for Cochlear Implants - The ... - Advanced Bionics

Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT-IV)
(Dunn, and Dunn, 2001)
Recommended age: 2 years, 6 months to > 90 years
Description: The PPVT-IV provides information to compare receptive and
expressive vocabulary skills. Given a four-picture choice, children are asked to
point to the picture that corresponds to the single word spoken by the clinician.
The test manual provides age/grade equivalents, standard scores, percentile
ranks, normal curve equivalents, and growth scale values for measuring progress
over time.
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Preschool Language Scale (PLS-4)
(Zimmerman, Steiner, and Pond, 2002)
Recommended age: Birth to 6 years, 11 months
Description: The PLS-4 is a standardized test of auditory comprehension and
expressive communication for infants and toddlers. The auditory comprehension
subscale assesses basic vocabulary, concepts and grammatical markers in
preschool and higher-level abilities such as complex sentences, making
comparisons and inferences, etc. in older children. The expressive
communication subscale asks preschoolers to name objects, use concepts that
describe objects, express quantity, use grammatical markers, etc. For older
children it includes word segmentation, completing analogies, telling a short
story in sequence, etc. This test also includes an articulation screener and a
language sample checklist.
Order from:
Pearson Assessments
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P.O. Box 1416
Minneapolis, MN 55440
(800)627-7271 (phone)
(800)632-9011 (fax)
www.pearsonassessments.com
Test Reference 34 February 2010