A Development of Spoken Language Test for Hearing-impaired Children

本研究的目的是开发一种用于评估听力障碍儿童口语能力的测试工具--“GAEL-TEST”。1994年对聋校儿童进行了测试和分析。1995年用GAEL测验对普通学校特殊班的听障儿童和6 ~ 9岁的听力正常儿童进行测试，结果表明：（1）听障儿童的平均分高于聋校儿童，但低于听力正常儿童;一些听力损失非常严重的孩子表现出很高的分数。有人认为，与听力正常的同龄人进行口头交流的经验可能会影响口语能力。听力障碍儿童的得分与1岁或2岁以下听力儿童的得分相同。从语法的角度来看，听障儿童在造长句或复句时，在某些动词屈折变化的使用上出现了许多错误。GAEL-TEST评分与听力损失程度、言语感知和言语清晰度之间没有明确的关系。另一方面，GAEL-TEST成绩与阅读能力、词汇量和写作能力之间有很强的相关性。

The aim of this long-term study is to develop a test named "GAEL-TEST" which will be used to evaluate the ability of spoken language for the hearing-impariredchildren. Children of school for the deaf were tested and analyzed in 1994. Hearing-impaired children in special classes in regular schools and hearing children aged 6 to 9 were tested by using the GAEL-TEST in 1995.The results were as follows ;**The hearing-impaired children showed the average score higher than the children in schools for the deaf but lower than the hearing-children. Some children with very severe hearing loss showed high scores. It was considered that the experience of oral communication with hearing-peers might have influenced the ability of spoken language. Scores of the hearing-impaired children were same as of the one or two years younger hearing-children.**From the view point of grammar, the hearing-impaired children made many mistakes in using some kinds of verb inflections when they tried to make a long sentence or complex sentence.**There was not a clear relationship between the GAEL-TEST scores and the degree of hearing loss, speech perception, and speech intelligibility. On the other hand, there was a strong correlation between the GAEL-TEST scores and reading ability, vocabulaty, and the ability of composition.