Last Modified: 10/08/2019
Assessment Tools for Communication/Language and Auditory Development
The assessment tools listed below are recommended by their authors/publishers for use with infants beginning at birth. This list does not include all protocols available for use with infants and toddlers.
- Early Listening Function (ELF)
- Author: Anderson, K.L.
- Type of Assessment: Checklist/Rating Scale
- Publisher: Karen Anderson Consulting/ Phonak
- Functional Auditory Performance Indicators: An Integrated Approach to Auditory Development [PDF]
- Author: Stredler-Brown, A., & Johnson, C. D.
- Type of Assessment: Checklist/ Rating scale
- Available through the Marion Downs Center website
- MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDIs)
- Authors: Fenson, L., Dale, P.S., Reznick, J.S., Thal, D., Bates, E., Hartung, J.P., Pethick, S., & Reilly, J.S.
- Type of Assessment: Norm-Referenced
- Publisher: Singular Publishing Group, Inc., San Diego, C.A., 1993
- *Available in Spanish
- Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (MAIS)/Infant-Toddler: Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (IT-MAIS) [PDF]
- Authors: Robbins, A.M., Zimmerman-Phillips, S., & Osberger, M.J.
- Type of Assessment: Parent/caregiver interview
- Available through the Advanced Bionics website
- The Rossetti Infant-Toddler Language Scale
- Author: Rossetti, L.
- Type of Assessment: Criterion-Referenced
- Publisher: LinguiSystems, Inc. 1990
- SKI-HI Language Development Scale
- Author: Watkins, S.
- Type of Assessment: Checklist/Rating Scale
- Publisher: HOPE, Inc., 2004 (2nd edition)
- *Available in Spanish
- Visual Communication and Sign Language Checklist for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children (VCSL Checklist)
- Authors: Simms, L, S. Baker, and M.D. Clark
- Type of Assessment: Checklist/Rating Scale
- Publisher: Gallaudet University
