Nonword repetition performance in school-age children with and without language impairment

Susan Ellis Weismer; J Bruce Tomblin; Xuyang Zhang; Paula  Buckwalter; Jan Gaura Chynoweth; Maura Jones

doi:10.1044/jslhr.4304.865

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Nonword repetition performance in school-age children with and without language impairment

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Nonword repetition performance in school-age children with and without language impairment

Susan Ellis Weismer, J Bruce Tomblin, Xuyang Zhang, Paula Buckwalter, Jan Gaura Chynoweth and Maura Jones

Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, Vol.43(4), pp.865-878

2000

DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4304.865

PMID: 11386474

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Abstract

This study examined nonword repetition performance in a population-based sample of school-age children. A total of 581 second graders who were participating in a longitudinal, epidemiologic investigation of specific language impairment (SLI) were administered the Nonword Repetition Task (NRT) developed by Dollaghan & Campbell (1998). Performance was examined according to second-grade diagnostic category, presence/absence of language impairment, and treatment status. Results indicated that children with language impairment, as well as those in intervention, exhibited deficient nonword repetition skills compared to normal language controls. Findings also confirmed that the NRT is a culturally nonbiased measure of language processing. Results from likelihood ratio analyses indicated that NRT performance, though not sufficient on its own, may provide a useful index to assist in ruling in or ruling out language disorder.

Biological and medical sciences

Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry

Medical sciences

Language and communication disorders

Child clinical studies

Psychopathology. Psychiatry

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Title: Subtitle: Nonword repetition performance in school-age children with and without language impairment
Creators: Susan Ellis Weismer - University of Wisconsin, Madison, United States
J Bruce Tomblin - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
Xuyang Zhang - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
Paula Buckwalter - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
Jan Gaura Chynoweth - Janesville Public Schools, Janesville, WI, United States
Maura Jones - University of Wisconsin, Madison, United States
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, Vol.43(4), pp.865-878
Publisher: American Speech Language Hearing Association; Rockville, MD
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4304.865
PMID: 11386474
ISSN: 1092-4388
eISSN: 1558-9102
Language: English
Date published: 2000
Academic Unit: Communication Sciences and Disorders; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Record Identifier: 9984070275902771

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