A Comparison of Three Measures of Auditory Comprehension: The Peabody Picture Vocabulary, the Pre-School Language Scale, and the Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language

Author

Ellen A. Friesen, Fontbonne College

Year of Award

1979

Degree

Master of Science (MS)

College

College of Education & Allied Health

Department

Communication Disorders and Deaf Education

Keywords

PPVT, TACL, PLS, developmental, scale

Abstract

Three diagnostic measures frequently selected by speech and language clinicians in suburban St. Louis County Missouri were administered to two Experimental Groups. The groups consisted of normal and language disordered, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten subjects ranging in age from 4 years, 2 months to 6 years, 3 months. A comparison of the performance of the two groups was made and implications regarding the use of published normative data in St, Louis County were discussed. Results yielded scores for the normal subjects that were 18 months to 2 years above those presented as established norms in test manuals.

Document Type

Restricted Thesis

Recommended Citation

Friesen, Ellen A., "A Comparison of Three Measures of Auditory Comprehension: The Peabody Picture Vocabulary, the Pre-School Language Scale, and the Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language" (1979). All Theses, Dissertations, and Capstone Projects. 51.
https://griffinshare.fontbonne.edu/all-etds/51