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- Title
A system for the diagnosis of specific language impairment in kindergarten children.
- Authors
Tomblin, J B; Records, N L; Zhang, X
- 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.
- Publication
Journal of speech and hearing research, 1996, Vol 39, Issue 6, p1284
- ISSN
0022-4685
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1044/jshr.3906.1284