Deaf and Hard of Hearing Assessment Tools

Language

Assessment Tool Age or Grade Range

Boehm Test of Basic Concepts—3rd Edition (Boehm-3) Kindergarten to Grade 2

Boehm Test of Basic Concepts–Preschool—3rd Edition 3 yrs., 0 mos. to 5 yrs., 11
(Boehm P-3) mos.
Clinical Evaluation of Language Function—4th Edition (CELF- 5yrs., 0 mos. to 21 yrs., 11
4) mos.
Clinical Evaluation of Language Function—Pre-School—2nd 3 yrs., 0 mos. to 6 yrs., 11
Edition (CELF-P2) mos.
3 yrs., 0 mos. to 21 yrs., 11
Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language (CASL)
mos.
2 yrs., 6 mos. to 18 yrs., 11
Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test (EOWPVT)
mos.
Expressive Vocabulary Test (EVT) 2 yrs., 6 mos. to 90+ yrs.
Grammatical Analysis of Elicited Language—Pre-sentence 3 yrs., 0 mos. to 6 yrs., 11
(GAEL-P) mos.
MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory
8 mos. to 30 mos.
(CDI)
OWLS Listening Comprehension and Oral Expression Scale 3 yrs., 0 mos. to 21 yrs., 11
(OWLS LC/OE) mos.
5 yrs., 0 mos. to 21 yrs., 11
OWLS Written Expression Scale (OWLS WE)
mos.
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test—4th Edition (PPVT-4) 2 yrs., 6 mos. to 90+ yrs.
Preschool Language Assessment Instrument—2nd Edition 3 yrs., 0 mos. to 5 yrs., 11
(PLAI-2) mos.
Preschool Language Scale—4th Edition (PLS-4) birth to 6 yrs., 11 mos.
2 yrs., 0 mos. to 18 yrs., 11
Receptive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test (ROWPVT)
mos.
SKI*HI Language Development Scale (LDS) birth to 5 years
4 yrs., 0 mos. to 9 yrs., 11
Structured Photographic Elicited Language Test (SPELT)
mos.
Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language—3rd Edition 3 yrs., 0 mos. to 9 yrs., 11
(TACL-3) mos.
Test of Language Development—Primary—3rd Edition 4 yrs., 0 mos. to 8 yrs., 11
(TOLD-P3) mos.
Development/Intelligence

Assessment Tool Age Range

Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming (AEPS) birth to 36 months

Battelle Developmental Inventory—2nd Edition birth to 7 yrs., 11 mos.

Bayley Scales of Infant Development—2nd Edition 1 mo. to 30 months

3 yrs., 0 mos. to 6 yrs., 11
Bracken Basic Concept Scale–Revised
mos.
Brigance Inventory of Early Development 2nd Edition (IED-II) birth to 7 yrs., 11 mos.
Central Institute for the Deaf—Preschool Performance Scale
2 yrs., 0 mos. to 5 yrs., 5 mos.
(PPS)
6 yrs., 0 mos. to 18 yrs., 11
Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence (CTONI)
mos.
Developmental Programming for Infants & Young Children
birth to 36 mos.
Volume 2 (DPIYC-2)
Hawaii Early Learning Profile—HELP birth to 3 yrs., 6 mos.

Learning Accomplishment Profile 3rd Edition (LAP-3) 36 mos. to 72 mos.

2 yrs., 0 mos. to 20 yrs., 11
Leiter International Performance Scale—Revised (Leiter-R)
mos.
Portage Guide Birth to Six birth to 5 yrs., 11 mos.
5 yrs., 0 mos. to 11 yrs., 11
Progressive Matrices (Raven)
mos.
Rosetti Infant Toddler Scale birth to 36 mos.
5 yrs., 0 mos. to 17 yrs., 11
Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (UNIT)
mos.
Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales—2nd Edition birth to 90+ yrs.
Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children—4th Edition (WISC- 6 yrs., 0 mos. to 16 yrs., 11
IV) mos.
Weschler Preschool and Primary Scales of Intelligence—3rd
2 yrs., 6 mos. to 7 yrs., 3 mos.
Edition (WPPSI-III)
Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability—3rd Edition 2 yrs., 0 mos. to 99 yrs., 11
(WJ-III) mos.
Achievement/Reading

Assessment Tool Age or Grade Range

5 yrs., 0 mos. to 24 yrs., 11
Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP)
mos.
6 yrs., 0 mos. to 14 yrs., 11
Diagnostic Achievement Battery—3rd Edition (DAB-3)
mos.
6 yrs., 0 mos. to 18 yrs., 11
Gray Oral Reading Test 4th Edition (GORT-4)
mos.
Informal Reading Inventory—6th Edition Preprimer to Grade 12

Johns Basic Reading Inventory—9th Edition Preprimer to Grade 12

Key Math—Revised Kindergarten to Grade 9

5 yrs., 0 mos. to 8 yrs., 11
Peabody Individual Achievement Test—Revised (PIAT-R)
mos.
4 yrs., 0 mos. to 6 yrs., 11
Pre-Reading Inventory of Phonological Awareness (PIPA)
mos.
Stanford Achievement Test 10th Edition and Otis-Lennon
Kindergarten to Grade 12
School Ability Test 8th Edition (OLSAT 8)
4 yrs., 0 mos. to 8 yrs., 11
Test of Early Math Ability—3rd Edition (TEMA-3)
mos.
Test of Early Reading Ability—3rd Edition (TERA-3) 3 yrs., 6 mos. to 8 yrs., 6 mos.
3 yrs., 0 mos. to 10 yrs., 11
Test of Early Written Language—2nd Edition (TEWL-2)
mos.
7 yrs., 0 mos. to 17 yrs., 11
Test of Reading Comprehension—3rd Edition (TORC-3)
mos.
7 yrs., 6 mos. to 17 yrs., 11
Test of Written Language 3rd Edition (TWL-3)
mos.
Weschler Individual Achievement Test—2nd Edition (WIAT-
4 yrs., 6 mos. to 85 yrs.
II)
2 yrs., 0 mos. to 99 yrs., 11
Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement 3rd Edition (WJIII)
mos.
Woodcock Reading Mastery Test – Revised (WRMT-R) 5 yrs., 0 mos. to 75+ yrs.
 Speech Production

Assessment Tool Age Range

1 yrs., 6 mos. to 18 yrs., 11
Arizona Articulation Proficiency Scale—3rd Edition (AAPS-3)
mos.
Central Institute for the Deaf Phonetic Inventory NA

Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation—2nd Edition 2 yrs., 0 mos. to 11 yrs.

Identifying Early Phonological Needs in Children with
NA
Hearing Loss (IEPN)
Ling Phonetic—Phonologic Speech Evaluation NA
Speech Perception/Intelligibility
(no age or grade ranges)
Word Recognition—Open Set: Phonetically Balanced Kindergarten lists (PBK-50) Glendonald
Assessment of Speech Perception (GASP Words)

Word Recognition—Closed Set: Northwestern University—Children’s Perception of Speech

(NU-CHIPS) Auditory Numbers Test (ANT) Word Intelligibility by Picture Identification (WIPI)
Central Institute for the Deaf spondee words (CID W-1) Central Institute for the Deaf CV, VC,
and CVC words (CID W-22)

Word Recognition—Closed Set and Open Set: Early Speech Perception Test (ESP & ESP Low
Verbal)

Sentences—Open Set: Central Institute for the Deaf Sentences (CID Sentences) Glendonald
Assessment of Speech Perception (GASP Questions)

Easterbrooks, S. E., & Estes, E. L. (2007). Helping deaf and hard of hearing students to use spoken language: A
guide for educators and families. Thousand Oaks: Corwin.
Used with permission