A Development of Spoken Language Test for Hearing-impaired Children

这项长期研究的目的是开发一种名为盖尔测试的测试，用于评估听力障碍儿童的口语能力。1994年对聋校儿童进行了测试和分析。1995年对普通学校特殊班听障儿童和6~9岁听障儿童进行了凝集测验，结果如下：**听障儿童平均得分高于聋校儿童，但低于听力正常儿童。一些听力损失非常严重的儿童表现出很高的分数。有人认为，与听力同伴进行口头交流的经历可能影响了口语能力。听力障碍儿童与1~2岁听力正常儿童得分相同。**从语法角度看，听力障碍儿童在造长句或复句时，在使用动词屈折变化时出现了较多的错误。**听力损失程度、言语知觉、言语可理解性与听障儿童的听障程度、言语知觉、言语清晰度之间没有明显的关系。另一方面，盖尔考试成绩与阅读能力、词汇量和作文能力之间存在很强的相关性。

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.