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Items from the TOCS+ used by the WISC Lab

Source: R/data.R
data_tocs_items.Rd

We use items from the Test of Children's Speech (TOCS+, Hodge & Gotzke, 2014) in our child speech and listener intelligibility studies.

Usage

data_tocs_items

Format

A data frame with 103 rows and 4 variables:

tocs_type

whether the item is a single-word or multiword utterance

tocs_level

number of words in the prompt

tocs_item

identifier for the item (e.g., within filenames)

tocs_prompt

the actual prompt presented to the child

tocs_item_note

any notes about an item's usage in experiments or analyses

These are the items:

tocs_typetocs_leveltocs_itemtocs_prompt
multiword2S2T01Bird house
multiword2S2T02Cowboy boots
multiword2S2T03Hug daddy
multiword2S2T04Get off
multiword2S2T05Animal crackers
multiword2S2T06Living room
multiword2S2T07Doctor bag
multiword2S2T08Baby sock
multiword2S2T09Big potato
multiword2S2T10Say goodbye
multiword3S3T01Gather the toys
multiword3S3T02Five more cookies
multiword3S3T03Make a birdhouse
multiword3S3T04Tie those shoes
multiword3S3T05Put these together
multiword3S3T06That's not white
multiword3S3T07Open the house
multiword3S3T08Take his turn
multiword3S3T09Pull his tooth
multiword3S3T10Point to Teddy
multiword3S3T11Cook big hotdogs
multiword4S4T01She could hide here
multiword4S4T02Wear a cowboy hat
multiword4S4T03Find the brown lid
multiword4S4T04Both faces are happy
multiword4S4T05That is her dog
multiword4S4T06He likes potato chips
multiword4S4T07Jump over the box
multiword4S4T08She chewed her fingers
multiword4S4T09Cut two small pieces
multiword4S4T10Get them some coffee
multiword5S5T01Baby likes his new toy
multiword5S5T02They'll eat those hotdogs soon
multiword5S5T03His fingers are in wrong
multiword5S5T04They are singing Happy Birthday
multiword5S5T05Water shoots from that gun
multiword5S5T06This cheese doesn't smell good
multiword5S5T07The sign says keep out
multiword5S5T08Tie up the garbage bag
multiword5S5T09Give the flowers some water
multiword5S5T10Put all the toys away
multiword6S6T01He wants somebody to push him
multiword6S6T02He gave Mommy a birthday card
multiword6S6T03That baby is learning to talk
multiword6S6T04She laughed at his funny jokes
multiword6S6T05There's a playground near the school
multiword6S6T06He winds up the toy ghost
multiword6S6T07Make a check beside the two
multiword6S6T08The cowboy hat has a feather
multiword6S6T09Taste the cookies that she baked
multiword6S6T10Take the lid off the pot
multiword7S7T01Pour some tea for both of us
multiword7S7T02The loud noise scared the cat away
multiword7S7T03Don't let go or it will fall
multiword7S7T04She is showing him how to jump
multiword7S7T05Baby reached to get another chocolate cookie
multiword7S7T06The bird landed beside the shaggy dog
multiword7S7T07She got mad and pushed the boy
multiword7S7T08They ate birthday cake and drank pop
multiword7S7T09Be very quiet when Baby is sleeping
multiword7S7T10Fill the fridge with things to eat
single-word1WT01Pizza
single-word1WT02Hug
single-word1WT03Boot
single-word1WT04Ball
single-word1WT05Bee
single-word1WT06Buddy
single-word1WT07Hoot
single-word1WT08Mud
single-word1WT09A dress
single-word1WT10Snow
single-word1WT11Chew
single-word1WT12Pan
single-word1WT13Come
single-word1WT14Boy
single-word1WT15Bad
single-word1WT16Hot
single-word1WT17Gum
single-word1WT18Dee
single-word1WT19Beanie
single-word1WT20Zoo
single-word1WT21Hat
single-word1WT22Seat
single-word1WT23Yawn
single-word1WT24No
single-word1WT25Full
single-word1WT26Bus
single-word1WT27Jar
single-word1WT28Top
single-word1WT29Lock
single-word1WT30Walk
single-word1WT31Bow
single-word1WT32Eat
single-word1WT33Sheet
single-word1WT34Rock
single-word1WT35House
single-word1WT36Pipe
single-word1WT37Toys
single-word1WT38Type
single-word1WT39Wait
single-word1WT40Whip
single-word1WT41mIm
single-word1WT42Big

These are the items with entries in the "tocs_item_note" fields:

tocs_typetocs_leveltocs_itemtocs_prompttocs_item_note
multiword3S3T09Pull his toothpossibly not an original TOCS item
multiword3S3T11Cook big hotdogspractice item for intelligibility studies (usually not found in intelligibility data)
multiword5S5T10Put all the toys awaypractice item for intelligibility studies (usually not found in intelligibility data)
single-word1WT01Pizzapractice item for intelligibility studies (usually not found in intelligibility data)
single-word1WT02Hugpractice item for intelligibility studies (usually not found in intelligibility data)
single-word1WT09A dressexclude from intelligibility analyses for being two words and ambiguous with 'address'; possibly not an original TOCS item
single-word1WT18Deesometimes exclude from intelligibility analyses for naming a letter (listeners are not inclined to treat a letter as a word); possibly not an original TOCS item
single-word1WT31Bowrhymes with 'snow'
single-word1WT35Housenoun; possibly not an original TOCS item
single-word1WT36Pipepossibly not an original TOCS item
single-word1WT37Toyspossibly not an original TOCS item
single-word1WT38Typepossibly not an original TOCS item
single-word1WT39Waitpossibly not an original TOCS item
single-word1WT40Whippossibly not an original TOCS item
single-word1WT41mImexclude from intelligibility analyses for being a nonword item; possibly not an original TOCS item
single-word1WT42Bigpossibly not an original TOCS item

Details

Most of these items are subset from a larger pool of items on the TOCS+. Hustad and colleagues (2021) is a supplemental material for a larger study about speech intelligibility which describes where the items were taken from within the larger TOCS+ task. (It is unclear, as I write this in 2026, which items were added by our group to the TOCS+ pool, so I have added "possibly not an original TOCS item" to items that do not appear in that supplemental material.)

In this picture-prompted repetition task, a child hears a prompt, repeats it (production), and later on listeners transcribe it (transcription). In our listener-response database, we differentiate these three forms with fields named tocs_prompt (prompt), sentence (production), and response (transcription).

References

Hodge, M. M., & Gotzke, C. (2014). Construct-related validity of the TOCS+ measures: Comparison of intelligibility and speaking rate scores in children with and without speech disorders. Journal of Communication Disorders, 51, 51–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2014.06.007

Hustad, K. C., Mahr, T. J., Natzke, P., & Rathouz, P. J. (2021). Supplemental Material 1: Intelligibility growth between 30 and 119 months (Hustad et al., 2021) (Version 1). ASHA Journals. https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.16583426.v1