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ERIC Number: EJ1100964
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Apr
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1092-4388
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Differentiating School-Aged Children with and without Language Impairment Using Tense and Grammaticality Measures from a Narrative Task
Guo, Ling-Yu; Schneider, Phyllis
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v59 n2 p317-329 Apr 2016
Purpose: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of the finite verb morphology composite (FVMC), number of errors per C-unit (Errors/CU), and percent grammatical C-units (PGCUs) in differentiating school-aged children with language impairment (LI) and those with typical language development (TL). Method: Participants were 61 six-year-olds (50 TL, 11 LI) and 67 eight-year-olds (50 TL, 17 LI). Narrative samples were collected using a story-generation format. FVMC, Errors/CU, and PGCUs were computed from the samples. Results: All of the three measures showed acceptable to good diagnostic accuracy at age 6, but only PGCUs showed acceptable diagnostic accuracy at age 8 when sensitivity, specificity, and likelihood ratios were considered. Conclusion: FVMC, Errors/CU, and PGCUs can all be used in combination with other tools to identify school-aged children with LI. However, FVMC and Errors/CU may be an appropriate diagnostic tool up to age 6. PGCUs, in contrast, may be a sensitive tool for identifying children with LI at least up to age 8 years.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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