Wisc Performance Scale and Coloured Progressive Matrices With Deaf Children

S ummary . The study set out to evaluate the suitability of the WISC Performance test and Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices for use with deaf children aged 5 to 12 years. The two tests were administered to 125 deaf children, together with a pure‐tone measure of hearing loss. Eventual performance in CSE examinations at age 16 was recorded for the older subjects. Test scores were not influenced by degree of hearing loss. The WISC Performance test was found to have good measures of reliability and predictive validity, but presented difficulties in administration to some young or physically handicapped children. The Coloured Progressive Matrices had satisfactory reliability, close comparability with WISC Performance scores and useful predictive validity in the case of the older subjects, but the suitability of this test for use with the younger deaf children was not confirmed

Audiology · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Hearing loss · Intelligence quotient · Psychiatry · Raven's Progressive Matrices · Reliability (semiconductor) · Test (biology) · Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Medicine · Psychology · Tactile and Sensory Interactions