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Child Hearing Assessments
The Child Hearing Assessments allow educational audiologists, hearing resource teachers, and Teachers of the Deaf to evaluate a child’s individual hearing and listening abilities, difficulties, behaviors and use of assistive technology.
The Child Hearing Assessments are tools for educational audiologists, hearing resource teachers and teachers of the deaf. Select the right listening assessment for each individual child as required.
You'll find:
- Interactive assessments
Fill out these assessments on your computer by entering the required data in each field. The tools will then auto-calculate the results/scoring based on your entries. You can also share them electronically with teachers or parents to fill out and return via e-mail. - Additional resources
Find links to other relevant hearing and listening assessments.
Interactive assessments
Please download the assessments to benefit from the full interactive functionality.
Form: Children’s Auditory Performance Scale (CHAPS)
Use the CHAPS to systematically collect and quantify listening behaviors observed in children age seven and older. By Walter J. Smoski, Ph.D., Michael A. Brunt, Ph.D. & J. Curtis Tannahill, Ph.D.
Form: Functional Listening Evaluation (FLE)
The purpose of this evaluation is to determine how a patient's listening abilities are affected by noise, distance, and visual input in an individual's natural listening environment. By Cheryl DeConde Johnson, Ed.D.
Form: Functional Auditory Performance Indicators (FAPI)
The FAPI assesses the functional auditory skills of children with hearing loss. By A. Stredler-Brown & C.D. Johnson.
Additional resources
Web Link: Success for kids with hearing loss
Find various assessments such as CHILD, SIFTER, LIFE, ELF and many more. By Karen Anderson, PhD., et al.
Web Link: Longitudinal outcomes of children with hearing impairment (LOCHI)
Find assessments such as PEACH and TEACH. By Teresa Ching, et al.
Web Link: PEACH questionnaire
The PEACH (Parents’ Evaluation of Aural/oral performance of Children) is a parent questionnaire designed to record a child’s hearing and communication with others when using hearing aids or cochlear implants.
Web Link: LittlEARS questionnaire
LittlEARS is a parent questionnaire designed to assess the auditory behavior of a child with hearing loss when using hearing aids or cochlear implants from birth to 2 years of age.