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Test of Auditory Processing Skills, 4th Ed.

Enter TAPS-4 cluster scores to generate a comprehensive auditory processing narrative with 95% confidence intervals, phonologic–memory–cohesion profile analysis, cross-cluster discrepancy interpretation, and evidence-based recommendations.

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Comprehensive Auditory Processing Battery: The TAPS-4 (Martin & Brownell, 2015) assesses Phonologic Skills (phoneme discrimination, segmentation, blending), Memory (numbers forward/reversed, word and sentence recall), and Cohesion (auditory comprehension and reasoning). Critical for identifying auditory processing deficits underlying reading difficulties, language disorders, and classroom listening challenges. Often paired with CTOPP-2 to differentiate phonological awareness from broader auditory processing deficits.
Student / Examinee Information
Total Auditory Processing Score At least one score required
Standard Score scale: Mean = 100, SD = 15 (typical range 40–160). Classification: Very Superior (131+), Superior (121–130), Above Average (111–120), Average (90–110), Below Average (80–89), Poor (70–79), Very Poor (≤69).
Global Total
Total Auditory Processing
TAPS — Overall Composite
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Cluster Scores (standard scores, recommended)
Standard Score scale: Mean = 100, SD = 15. Enter TAPS-4 cluster standard scores for each domain administered.
Phonologic · Cluster
Phonologic Skills
Phoneme discrimination, segmentation, blending
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Memory · Cluster
Memory
Numbers, word & sentence recall
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Cohesion · Cluster
Cohesion
Auditory comprehension & reasoning
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Subtest Scaled Scores (scaled scores, optional)
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Scaled Score scale: Mean = 10, SD = 3 (range 1–19). Enter individual subtest scaled scores if obtained.
Phonologic Skills Subtests
Word Discrimination (WD)
Discrimination of minimally differing word pairs — phonemic sensitivity to fine acoustic contrasts
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Phonological Segmentation (PS)
Segmenting spoken words into individual phonemes — phonemic awareness & phonological analysis
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Phonological Blending (PB)
Blending separately presented phonemes into words — synthesis-level phonological processing
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Memory Subtests
Numbers Forward (NF)
Immediate recall of number sequences in forward order — auditory-sequential memory span
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Numbers Reversed (NR)
Recall of number sequences in reverse order — auditory working memory & mental manipulation
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Word Memory (WM)
Immediate recall of word lists — auditory word-level memory span & lexical encoding
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Sentence Memory (SM)
Verbatim recall of sentences — sentence-level auditory memory & syntactic encoding
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Cohesion Subtests
Auditory Comprehension (AC)
Comprehension of spoken passages — listening comprehension, inference, & integration of spoken material
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Auditory Reasoning (AR)
Higher-order auditory reasoning — inferences, predictions, problem-solving from aurally presented information
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