A comparison of the SSW and language test results

The purpose of this paper is to determine the relationship between the SSW and a battery of auditory-language tests in a group of children suspected of auditory processing problems. Thirty-one children between the ages of 6.2 and 10.4 were referred by their classroom teachers. All children were administered a pure tone and an acoustic immitance battery, the SSW test, selected subtests of the Clinical Evaluation of Language Functions, the Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Auditory Skills Battery, an elicited language sample, and the Observational Profile of Classroom Communication. No significant correlations were found between the SSW right competing and left competing conditions and the auditory-language test battery. The findings suggest that these two test approaches measure different aspects of auditory processing abilities in children, and both are required to adequately describe auditory processing abilities at all levels.