Early speech- and language-impaired children: linguistic, literacy, and social outcomes

Because reading is a language-based skill and many communicatively handicapped youngsters experience difficulties with it, speech-language pathologists have important roles in assisting with reading development for these children. Our knowledge about language and requisite skills for reading may benefit these children in developing reading skills. Speech-language pathologists' roles may be direct or indirect, and may be with preschool or school-aged children. Suggestions are offered for use in speech-language sessions and with teachers or parents.

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In vivo versus in vitro: ‘In the clinic room I can do it but see me in the classroom or playground and I can’t’ - using formal and informal language assessments with speech and language impaired children

Child Language Teaching and Therapy ◽

10.1177/026565909801400202 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 135-157

Author(s):

Susan Wittmann

Keyword(s):

Speech And Language ◽

Language Impaired ◽

Language Assessments ◽

Impaired Children

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The sound-world of speech- and language-impaired children

Art and music: therapy and research ◽

10.4324/9781315812694-10 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 152-163

Author(s):

Julie Sutton

Keyword(s):

Speech And Language ◽

Language Impaired ◽

Impaired Children

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Comparing specialist early years provision for speech and language impaired children with mainstream nursery provision in the UK - an application of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS)

Child Care Health and Development ◽

10.1111/j.1365-2214.2003.00405.x ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 177-184 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

J. Law ◽

J. Dockrell ◽

K. Williams ◽

B. Seeff

Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Early Years ◽

Speech And Language ◽

Language Impaired ◽

Childhood Environment ◽

Early Childhood Environment ◽

The Uk ◽

Impaired Children

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Vocal Communications of a Developmentally Delayed Child

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/0161-1461.1802.112 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 112-130

Author(s):

Mary Ann Romski ◽

Sharon Ellis Joyner ◽

Rose A. Sevcik

Keyword(s):

Language Learning ◽

Developmental Delays ◽

Developmentally Delayed ◽

Language Impaired ◽

Diary Data ◽

Word Acquisition ◽

Diary Studies ◽

Usage Patterns ◽

Vocal Communications ◽

Impaired Children

Studies of first-word acquisition in typical language-learning children frequently take the form of diary studies. Comparable diary data from language-impaired children with developmental delays, however, are not currently available. This report describes the spontaneous vocalizations of a child with a developmental delay for 14 months, from the time he was age 6:5 to age 7:7. From a corpus of 285 utterances, 47 phonetic forms were identified and categorized. Analysis focused on semantic, communicative, and phonological usage patterns.

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Accuracy of Four Language Analysis Procedures Performed Automatically

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology ◽

10.1044/1058-0360(2001/017) ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 180-188 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Steven H. Long ◽

Ron W. Channell

Keyword(s):

Automatic Identification ◽

Published Data ◽

Typically Developing ◽

Language Impaired ◽

Productivity Data ◽

Language Analysis ◽

Word Classes ◽

Human Coder ◽

Impaired Children ◽

Metalinguistic Skills

Most software for language analysis has relied on an interaction between the metalinguistic skills of a human coder and the calculating ability of the machine to produce reliable results. However, probabilistic parsing algorithms are now capable of highly accurate and completely automatic identification of grammatical word classes. The program Computerized Profiling combines a probabilistic parser with modules customized to produce four clinical grammatical analyses: MLU, LARSP, IPSyn, and DSS. The accuracy of these analyses was assessed on 69 language samples from typically developing, speech-impaired, and language-impaired children, 2 years 6 months to 7 years 10 months. Values obtained with human coding and by the software alone were compared. Results for all four analyses produced automatically were comparable to published data on the manual interrater reliability of these procedures. Clinical decisions based on cutoff scores and productivity data were little affected by the use of automatic rather than human-generated analyses. These findings bode well for future clinical and research use of automatic language analysis software.

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