ASL Stories Test

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ASL Stories Test
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ASL Stories Test Structure

• Similar to WMS logical memory subtest
• Two stories conceived in ASL
• Train story ( 1 30), 43 scoreable elements
• Kidnap story ( 2 07), 63 scoreable elements
• (WMS-R logical memory stories have 25)

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VideoInstructions and Stories1. Train Story
2. Kidnap Story
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Examples of Scoreable Elements

• THREE-WEEK-AGO
• WITH DOG
• 2
• (2H) SCLV jumpingth, PLAY
• SIT-IN WHEELCHAIR
• (2H) DCLf holes in eyes
• and nose areas
• WITH NUMBER 4-5-3 (downwards)
• PRINCIPAL (nod)

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Method

• Same healthy participants as SPAT study
• N 41
• Mean age 27.6 (s.d., 4.7, range 18-34)
• 54 male, 46 female
• Mean PIQ 104 (s.d. 12.8, range 75-128)
• Administered ASL Stories, SPAT, PIQ

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Method (cont.)

• First story learning trail, immediate recall
• Second story learning trial, immediate recall
• 20 delay period (non-verbal tasks)
• Delayed recall (both stories)
• Three-step cueing quiz, 20 elements (each)
• Freely recalled, recalled w/ question, 3 choices
• Recall videos scored by 3 ASL-fluent assists.

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Inter-Rater Reliability (ICC)

• These are good intra-class correlation figures,
  suggesting reliable scoring results regardless of
  (sign-fluent) rater
• Train story scoring was slightly more reliable
  probably due to fewer elements (43 vs. 63)

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ASL Stories Norms (averaged over three raters)
Train story 34 scoreable elements Kidnap story
64 scoreable elements

• Train vs. Kidnap immediate recall percentages
  significantly different (p .0013)
• Train vs. Kidnap delayed recall percentages
  significantly different (p .0235)
• Despite 20 fewer elements, Train story is
  significantly harder

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No Age Correlation

• Age range was restricted, as in SPAT study (18
  34)

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PIQ Correlation

• Train story is harder
• Restricted score range (no clinical sample)
• PIQ consists of non-verbal tasks
• WMS-3 verbal tasks correlate .39 with PIQ

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SPAT ASL Stories Correlations
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Next Steps

• Review, complete data analyses
• Draft manuscript for publication
• Prepare DVDs of stories and instructions

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Future Research Ideas

• Why is Kidnap story easier?
• Why were so many elements necessary?
• Can it differentiate a clinical sample?
• Correlation with non-verbal tests?
• Correlation with hearing verbal tests?
• How much ASL fluency is needed?
• Alternate administration methods?