title: Development and standardization of SCAN-C Test for Auditory Processing Disorders in Children.
abstract: This paper reports on the development and standardization of SCAN-C: Test for Auditory Processing Disorders in Children-Revised. The revisions include new test instructions that have been reworded to make them easier for young children, aural stimuli presented on a compact disc, a revision of the Competing Words subtest, and the addition of a Competing Sentences subtest. Normative data on the new test were obtained on 650 children age 5 years, 0 months, to 11 years, 11 months. Analysis of new standardization data revealed systematic improvement in performance with increasing age. A new method of calculating the composite standard score gives equal weighting to each subtest of SCAN-C. Subtest test-retest reliability was substantially improved over the original SCAN, with SCAN-C correlations ranging from .65 to .82 for 5 to 7 year olds. Concurrent validity tests found that SCAN-C test results can be viewed with the same confidence as SCAN.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Keith
mesh_terms: D001304:Auditory Diseases, Central / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D014825:Vocabulary