Monday, September 17, 2012

Speech eval

The past two ST sessions with Barb consisted of our annual evaluation of Sean's speech, language, and listening.  He was given the "CASTLES" test, a Pre-school language scale for listening, language, and speech.  The other test was, the Rossetti Infant-Toddler Language Scale, to determine language comprehension and language expression.
The results of these tests are based on a child's chronological age.  Since Sean's "CI hearing age is only 2 months", it's a bit tricky to to determine how well he is doing.  Overall, Sean's auditory comprehension and expressive communication skills are, "within the average range of functioning based on chronological age expectations!"  The Rossetti scale showed that Sean's language comprehension and expression are solid skills through 18-21 months; and scattered skills thereafter.
We know that Sean continues to require a lot visual cues to listen and does rely heavily on watching the speaker's mouth (lip reading).  We will continue to learn and use strategies and techniques to enhance Sean's listening and spoken language! 

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