Jo Gilmore|Maggie Vance
Teacher ratings of children's listening difficulties
University College London
children developmental disorders may present listening andor speech discrimination difficulties study explores whether teachers identify difficulties using questionnaire rates childrens listening speech discrimination comprehension abilities questionnaire given classteachers 52 pupils aged four five years failed least one two formal assessments comprehension speech discrimination results showed significant correlation teacher ratings verbal comprehension attentive listening test scores verbal comprehension significant correlation ratings test scores speech discrimination skills questionnaires internal consistency found reliable overall validity measuring speech discrimination poor