Mastering the Test of Auditory Functioning - An Overview

An Overview

This session will focus on the newly released Test of Auditory Functioning (TAF). Participants will learn about the background for the test’s development and be provided with an overview of the TAF’s 19 subtests. Test administration will be reviewed and a new sample test report will be introduced and shared.
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Course curriculum

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    1. Background of TAF and the Subtests

    2. Test of Auditory Functioning 2024 Manual

    1. Exploring the 19 Subtests

    1. Overview on Preparing and Conducting the Test

    1. Course Evaluation - The Test of Auditory Functioning from A to Z

Test of Auditory Functioning - An Overview

  • $14.99
  • 5 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content
  • Discuss the rationale for the creation of the TAF due to the limitations of available pediatric measures of auditory development.
  • Describe the hierarchical structure of the 19 TAF subtests.
  • Discuss test administration details.

Meet your Instructor

Dr. Donald Goldberg

Instructor Donald Goldberg

Donald M. Goldberg, Ph.D., CCC-SLP/A, LSLS Cert. AVT, is a Full Professor at the College of Wooster in Ohio. He also serves on the Professional Staff of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Section of Audiology/Hearing Implant Program. Dr. Goldberg’s areas of clinical and research activities are focused on the auditory and spoken language outcomes of infants and children who are deaf or hard of hearing; notably with youngsters using cochlear implants and/or hearing aids. Goldberg is the co-author of Educational Audiology for the Limited Hearing Infant and Preschooler (1997, Pollack, Goldberg, & Caleffe-Schenck), along with numerous book chapters, and journal contributions. Dr. Goldberg has given presentations in 45 of the United States, and on 5 continents reflecting 12+ global countries. His new criterion-based assessment tool for preschoolers through school-aged children who are deaf or hard of hearing, the Test of Auditory Functioning (TAF), was recently published by Blue Tree Publishing (October 2023). Goldberg is a Past President of both the AG Bell Board of Directors and the AG Bell Academy Board.

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