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ArticleJournal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR2019

Diagnostic Accuracy of Sentence Recall and Past Tense Measures for Identifying Children's Language Impairments.

Sean M Redmond, Andrea C Ash, Tyler T Christopulos, Theresa Pfaff

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In one paragraph

Article in Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05133479 (Translating Research Into School-based Practice Via Small-group, Language-focused Comprehension Intervention), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05133479 naactive not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Translating Research Into School-based Practice Via Small-group, Language-focused Comprehension Intervention

TypeinterventionalSponsorMGH Institute of Health ProfessionsRan2021 to 2026Enrolled241ConditionsLanguage Disorders in ChildrenArmsLet's Know! small-group or TierL 2 Intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Causal Pathways for Specific Language Impairment: Lessons From Studies of Twins.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2020
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  17. How We Fail Children With Developmental Language Disorder.Language, speech, and hearing services in schools · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sean M RedmondDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
Andrea C AshDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
Tyler T ChristopulosDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
Theresa PfaffDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
University of Utah · US

Funding

Co-occurence of Language and Attention Difficulties in ChildrenR01DC011023 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI REDMOND, SEAN M · 2011 to 2015
$1.3M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC011023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose Measures of linguistic processing and grammatical proficiency represent strong candidates for adaptation into language screeners for early elementary students. One key barrier, however, has been the lack of consensus around the preferred reference standard for assigning affected status. Diagnostic accuracies associated with sentence recall and past tense marking index measures were examined relative to 5 different reference standards of language impairment: receipt of language services, clinically significant levels of parental concern, low performance on language measures, a composite requiring at least 2 of these indicators, and a composite requiring convergence across all indicators. Method One thousand sixty grade K-3 students participated in school-based language screenings. All students who failed the screenings and a random sampling of those who passed were invited to participate in confirmatory assessments. The community-based sample was supplemented by a clinical sample of 58 students receiving services for language impairment. Two hundred fifty-four students participated in confirmatory testing. Examiners were naive to participants' status. Results Diagnostic accuracies for the sentence recall and past tense marking index measures varied across the different reference standards (areas under receiver operating characteristic curves: .67-.95). Higher levels of convergence occurred with reference standards based on behavioral measures. When affected status was defined by receipt of services and/or parental ratings, cases presented with higher levels of performance on the language measures than when affected status was based on behavioral criteria. Conclusion These results provide additional support for the adaptation of sentence recall and past tense marking to screen for language impairments in early elementary students. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.8285786.

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LanguageChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansLanguage Development DisordersLanguage TestsMaleMental RecallReference StandardsUtah

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