This is listening which focuses outside of the self, relative to what others are saying, or what is going on in the environment. 

_X_  Check the most appropriate line.  

Difficulty staying focused at school.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Short attention span.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Easily distractible, especially by noise.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Oversensitivity to certain sounds.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Misinterprets questions or requests.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Difficulty in sound discrimination.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Confuses similar sounding words.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Needs repetition and clarification more than usual.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Able to follow only one or two instructions in a sequence.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Difficulty understanding discussions.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Poor short-term memory.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Poor long-term memory.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Must read material several times to absorb content.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always      
  

Becomes sleepy when listening to speakers or reading.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Difficulty hearing low male voices.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Difficulty hearing high female voices.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Seems that most people speak too fast.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

EXPRESSIVE  LISTENING AND LANGUAGE  

This listening focuses inside the self, including checking, monitoring and reproducing correctly what one hears, especially one's own voice and speech.   

Flat and monotonous voice quality.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Speech lacks fluency and rhythm is hesitant.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Difficulty recalling exact word usage.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Sings out of tune.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Difficulty with reading, especially out loud.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Poor spelling.   
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Difficulty summarizing a story.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Difficulty relating isolated facts.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always  

Stumbles over words.  
__ rarely  __ sometimes  __ often  __ always