Journal article
A System for the Diagnosis of Specific Language Impairment in Kindergarten Children
Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, Vol.39(6), pp.1284-1294
12/1996
DOI: 10.1044/jshr.3906.1284
PMID: 8959613
Abstract
A valid and reliable diagnostic standard for language impairment is required for the conduct of epidemiologic research on specific language disorder. A rationale is provided for such a diagnostic system labeled the EpiSLI system. This system employed five composite scores representing norm-referenced performance in three domains of language (vocabulary, grammar, and narration) and two modalities (comprehension and production). Children who have two or more composite scores below –1.25 standard deviations were considered as children with language disorder. The performance of the EpiSLI diagnostic system was examined on a sample of 1,502 kindergarten children and it was shown that this diagnostic system yielded results that were consistent with clinician rating and previous research results.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A System for the Diagnosis of Specific Language Impairment in Kindergarten Children
- Creators
- J. Bruce Tomblin - The University of Iowa Iowa CityNancy L Records - The University of Iowa Iowa CityXuyang Zhang - The University of Iowa Iowa City
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, Vol.39(6), pp.1284-1294
- DOI
- 10.1044/jshr.3906.1284
- PMID
- 8959613
- ISSN
- 1092-4388
- eISSN
- 1558-9102
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/1996
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984070643302771
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