It is often difficult to differentiate auditory processing difficulties from auditory comprehension skills related to SLI and auditory attention difficulties. The new SCAN–3 tests help you identify specific auditory processing difficulties in adolescents and adults as well as in children. They provide you with a valid and reliable test battery to help determine auditory processing patterns and describe their impact in daily life. Allowing you to screen and diagnose auditory processing difficulties with one coordinated battery of tests, the tools can assist you in planning intervention to minimize the impact of the auditory processing disorder at school, work, home, and in the community.

Users and Applications

• Differentiate an auditory processing disorder from auditory attention problems and auditory comprehension difficulties related to specific language impairment
• Develop strategies to assist an individual in managing auditory processing difficulties at school, at home, and in the community

Psychometric Data

The new SCAN–3 tests feature updated norms and continuous normative scores across the two versions so that you can continue to monitor progress as an individual transitions from one age group into the next.

Features

The new SCAN–3 tests provide the following tests to help you evaluate key indicators of auditory processing ability in adolescents and adults:

Screening Tests

• Gap Detection—Indicates the presence of a temporal processing problem which may influence the ability to comprehend running speech
• Auditory Figure Ground—Tests the ability to listen with background noise
• Competing Words (Free Recall)—Dichotic listening task (poor performance may indicate lack of maturation or abnormality of the auditory nervous system)

Diagnostic Tests

• Filtered Words—Indicates the ability to process speech when the signal is distorted or compromised by a poor acoustic environment
• Competing Words (Directed Ear)—Dichotic listening task that indicates a child's auditory maturation or developmental level
• Competing Sentences—Provides information on the maturation of the auditory nervous system

Supplementary Tests

• Auditory Figure Ground
• Time Compressed Sentences