The SCAN-A is an extensively applied auditory processing screening tool to be used with adolescents and adults 12-to-50 years of age. The SCAN-A includes 4 subtests: Filtered Words, Auditory Figure-Ground, Competing Words, and Competing Sentences, and requires about twenty or so minutes to administer. Different versions of this screening tool exist (e.g., SCAN and SCAN-C) which are standardised for use with children under Twelve years of age. However, past reports suggest that test-retest reliability is bad and test environment impacts performance by young children. Within this research, the effect of test environment (sound attenuating booth versus quiet room) and test-retest reliability for the 12-to-15 year old age group was explored. Thirty individuals, ages 12-to-15 years old, who were typically developing, were tested using the SCAN-A four times, two times both in a quiet room and a sound attenuating booth, with testing in both environments conducted one month apart…
Contents: Reliability and Test Environment of the SCAN-A with Children Ages 12-15
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Literature Review
Identifying an Auditory Processing Disorder with Screening Measures
Test Measures Developed to Identify CANS Lesions
What is an Auditory Processing Disorder Test Actually Measuring?
Diagnosing an Auditory Processing Disorder using a Test Battery Approach
SCAN: A Screening Test for Auditory Processing Disorders
Other investigations using the SCAN
SCAN-C: A Test for Auditory Processing Disorders in Children
SCAN-A: Test for Auditory Processing Disorders in Adolescents and Adults
Summary
Chapter 3: Research Questions
Chapter 4: Method
Participants
Stimuli
Procedure
Preliminary Testing
Experimental Procedures
Scoring Procedures
Chapter 5: Results
Chapter 6: Discussion
Effect of Test Administration
Effect of Test Environment
Total Test Standard Score by Administration
SCAN-A Outcomes…
Source: University of Maryland