Made up a year in 6 months
 

My son has made up a year of his hearing and speech deficit in six months. He is still behind, but this is the first time the gap didn't grow.

My wife and I have been pushing him kind of hard, but it is paying off.

Good news!

Great news!!!

Based on your postings, it's been a long road.

Sweet ;)

That's pretty awesome Peppy :)!!!

That's great news! I have a 6 year old daughter who is deaf in 1 ear and she wears glasses for a lazy eye. Last year she almost was held back in kindergarten because she was behind. This year in 1st grade, she is doing great. We do have to push her to do her work. The amazing thing about kids is how much more they know and understand than we think they do.

It is pretty amazing to watch them learn.

I guess you could say we were cheating, we gave him M&Ms for answering the questions when he got restless.:cool:

The Preschool Language Scale-4 (PLS-4) was administered. This test is used to assess receptive and expressive language skills. Raymond received the following scores (scores in parentheses are previous testing):


Auditory Comprehension:
Standard Score: 90(76) Percentile Rank: 25 (5) Age Equivalent: 3.5 (2.4)

Expressive Communication:
Standard Score: 89 (82) Percentile Rank: 23 (12) Age Equivalent: 3.3 (2.5)

Total Language Score:
Standard Score: 89 (77) Percentile Rank: 23 (6) Age Equivalent: 3.2(2.4)

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The Oral and Written Language Scales (OWLS) was also conducted to evaluate receptive and expressive spoken language skills. This test can be utilized from age 3 to 21. Scores in parentheses are from previous testing:


Listening Comprehension
Standard Score: 87 (71)
Percentile: 19 (3)
Age Equivalent: 2.9

Oral Expression
Standard Score: 81 (65)
Percentile: 10 (1)
Age Equivalent: 2.7

Oral Composite:
Standard Score: 82 (66)
Percentile: 12 (1)


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Goldman Fristoe 2 Test of Articulation: This test was also used to assess articulation and had not been given previously. Raymond's results are:

Standard Score: 91 (76)
Percentile Rank: 24 (13)

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Vocabulary:

Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test 4
This test is given to measure receptive vocabulary skills. Raymond demonstrated the following results:

Standard Score: 92 (81)
Age Equivalent: 3.3 (2.5)

Standard scores are based on 100 with a standard deviation of 15. Scores between 85 and 115 are considered within normal limits.

Expressive Vocabulary Test 2
This test is given to measure expressive vocabulary skills. Raymond demonstrated the following results:

Standard Score: 94 (87)
Age Equivalent: 3.4 (2.5)

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We got the test results this AM, he did better than I thought.

Great news! Keep up the good work, and keep the aids in his ears!! (or on his head, I can't remember if he's got boomers, or a magnet in his head)

Woohoo! Way to go Raymond!

Good Job. Keep up the great work.

Those results are cause for formal celebration. A trip to Baskin-Robbins is called for and if he wanted to bring a friend, I would approve. Further, the cause of the celebration (substantial progress on the test scores) should be mentioned at some point while the ice cream is being consumed. In my humble opinion. Congratulations!

Bask.......I can't even type those words, it's Tastee Freez man.:D

That's just awesome Peppy. Tell the little guy to keep up the good work.

He has boomer Tim and only takes them out at bath time.