title: Reliability of hearing-impaired children's responses to oral and total presentations of the Test of Auditory Comprehension of Language.
abstract: The Test of Auditory Comprehension of Language (TACL) (Carrow, 1973) was administered on two occasions to two groups of hearing-impaired children. The test was administered in the usual manner (face-to-face, spoken) to children who were being educated by oral methods. The test was also simultaneously spoken and signed to children who were being educated by total-communication methods. Reliability of responses was high for both groups (r = 0.96 for oral-aural and 0.90 for total-communication children) and error patterns were similar. The TACL appears to be an appropriate and reliable instrument for use with hearing-impaired children.
mesh_terms: D001307:Auditory Perception; D002648:Child; D003638:Deafness; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008085:Lipreading; D008369:Manual Communication; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000379:methods*; D011594:Psychometrics