Normalization of scale of early communication skills for the hearing impaired on indian population

Abstract

Language is frequently viewed interms of receptive and expressive abilities for the purpose of research, diagnosis and clinical educational teaching. Indigenous language tests are scarce in India. Consequently wherever possible western tests are used, preferably with norms on Indian population. In this study an attempt has been made to obtain norms on scales of early communication skills for the hearing impaired, a language scale specifically meant for assessment of the communication abilities of hearing impaired children.