Auditory-visual word identification test materials: computer application with children.

The purpose of this investigation was to obtain performance data from normal-hearing children using the written word portion of existing auditory-visual word identification materials, for example, the Picture Identification Task (Wilson and Antablin, 1980) . The response foils, consisting of four written words (target and alternative words) were entered into computer memory so that responses were made by pointing to a computer monitor. Subjects were 24 fourth graders with normal hearing who repeated auditory-stimulus words in noise in oral conditions, and pointed to written words representing the stimulus words in pointing conditions . Mean percent correct performance scores were higher in the pointing conditions than in the oral conditions, reflecting closedversus open-set tasks. The results indicated that the written word portion of the Picture Identification Task can be utilized to assess the word identification performance of children who read at a fourth grade level or above.