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Purpose
Measures language processing and comprehension skills
Authors
Nancy Martin, PhD, Rick Brownell, MA, and Patricia Hamaguchi, MA, CCC-SLP
Administration Formats
Additional Details
Measure Processing, Auditory Memory, and Comprehension in Children and Young Adults
The TAPS-4 provides information about language processing and comprehension skills across three intersecting areas: phonological processing, auditory memory, and listening comprehension.
Features and benefits
- Updates include new and revised subtests, fully updated normative data, and an expanded age range to 21 years.
- An audio CD features audio administration for the subtests for which proper pronunciation of speech sounds is critical, allowing for more consistent and reliable administration of the phonological subtests.
- Scaled scores are provided for subtests; standard scores are provided for cores and the overall score. Discrepancy scores allow comparison of performance across subtests.
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FAQs
What is the technical information for the TAPS-4?
Test structure
- Includes 11 subtests that are organized into three indexes.
- Responses to stimuli are recorded with a unique microswitch providing millisecond timing accuracy and is compared to both the normative sample as well as a group of individuals diagnosed with ADHD.
- The Phonological Processing Index includes Word (Pair) Discrimination, Phonological Deletion, Phonological Blending, and Syllabic Blending subtests.
- The Auditory Memory Index includes Number Memory Forward, Word Memory, Sentence Memory, and Number Memory Reversed subtests.
- The Listening Comprehension Index includes Processing Oral Directions, Auditory Comprehension, and Auditory Figure-Ground subtests.
Technical information
- The normative sample (N = 2,023) included individuals with specific language impairment, learning disability, auditory processing disorder, ADHD, and hearing impairment.
- Reliability studies indicate internal consistency coefficients were .80 to .89 for the index scores and .93 for the TAPS-4 Overall score.
- Validity measures include confirmatory factor analysis and matched-pairs factor analysis.
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