Concurrent Validity of the Language Development Survey: Associations With the MacArthur—Bates Communicative Development Inventories

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Rescorla ◽  
Nan Bernstein Ratner ◽  
Peter Jusczyk ◽  
Anne Marie Jusczyk
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Screening Tool ◽  
Parent Report ◽  
Language Delay ◽  
Semantic Categories ◽  
Rank Ordering ◽  
Communicative Development ◽  
Vocabulary Score

This study examined the concurrent validity of the Language Development Survey (LDS), a 310-word parent report screening tool for language delay in toddlers, by testing its associations with the MacArthur—Bates Communicative Development Inventories: Words and Sentences (CDI:WS), a 680-word parent report instrument. Participants were 239 toddlers 23–25 months of age. The correlation between total vocabulary score on the 2 instruments was .95, and correlations across comparable semantic categories ranged from .84 to .94. The correlation between the LDS and the CDI:WS for mean length of phrases calculated on 3 examples of the child’s longest and best phrases was .90. Both instruments demonstrated that parents reported higher vocabulary and mean phrase length scores for girls. The study indicates that information obtained from the LDS about rank ordering of toddlers in terms of their reported vocabulary and mean length of phrases is equivalent to that obtained from the longer CDI:WS.

The Language Development Survey

1989 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Rescorla
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Screening Tool ◽  
False Negative ◽  
Language Delay ◽  
Expressive Vocabulary ◽  
Prevalence Data ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Preschool Language ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Vocabulary Score

This paper reports data from four studies using the Language Development Survey (LDS), a vocabulary checklist designed for use as a screening tool for the identification of language delay in 2-year-old children. A survey completed by the parent in about 10 min, the LDS displayed excellent reliability as assessed by Cronbach's alpha and test-retest techniques. Total vocabulary score as reported on the LDS was highly correlated with performance on Bayley, Reynell, and Preschool Language Scale expressive vocabulary items. The LDS was found to have excellent sensitivity and specificity for the identification of language delay, with a criterion of fewer than 50 words or no word combinations at 2 years yielding very low false positive and false negative rates. Data from three of these studies demonstrate the utility of the LDS as a screening tool for children attending public and private pediatric practices. Prevalence data using the LDS are reported comparing three different severity cutoffs for more than 500 children in seven survey samples.

Validity of a Parent Report Measure of Vocabulary and Syntax for Preschool Children With Language Impairment

1999 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 482-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna J. Thal ◽  
Laureen O'Hanlon ◽  
Mary Clemmons ◽  
LaShon Fralin
Keyword(s):  
Language Impairment ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Parent Report ◽  
Language Delay ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Behavioral Measures ◽  
Communicative Development ◽  
Vocabulary Comprehension ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Macarthur Communicative Development Inventory

Previous research has documented the validity of parent report for measuring vocabulary and grammar in typically developing toddlers. In this project, two studies examined the validity of parent report for measuring language in children with specific language delay who are older than the normative group, but who have language levels within the range measured by the instruments. In Study 1, scores on the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory: Words and Sentences were compared to behavioral measures of production of vocabulary and grammar in 39- to 49-month-old children with language delay. Results indicated moderately high to high concurrent validity correlations in both domains (.67–.86). In Study 2, scores on the MacArthur Communicative Inventory: Words and Gestures were compared to behavioral measures of vocabulary comprehension and production and gesture production in 24- to 32-month-old children with language delay. Results indicated a moderately high concurrent validity correlation for vocabulary production (.66). Parent report of comprehension and gesture scores did not correlate significantly with their behavioral counterparts, but gesture scores were moderately highly correlated with language comprehension (.65).

Language Development Survey Provides a Useful Screening Tool for Language Delay in Preterm Infants

2012 ◽  
Vol 51 (7) ◽  
pp. 638-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roschanak Mossabeb ◽  
Kelly C. Wade ◽  
Kathryn Finnegan ◽  
Emidio Sivieri ◽  
Soraya Abbasi
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Screening Tool ◽  
Language Delay

scholarly journals Empirically based solutions for the Serbian adaptation of a parent report inventory used in the assessment of child language development

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-169
Author(s):  
Darinka Andjelkovic ◽  
Nada Seva ◽  
Maja Savic ◽  
Slavica Tutnjevic
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Child Language ◽  
Parent Report ◽  
Communicative Development ◽  
Formal Properties ◽  
Development Assessment ◽  
Criteria For Selection ◽  
Selection Of

The study is aimed at providing empirical basis for the adaptation of the MacArthur-Bates? Communicative Development Inventories (CDIs) for Serbian language, a parent report instrument for the language development assessment. Two sources of data were used in order to provide the basis for selection of items and evaluation of their linguistic, cultural and developmental validity: a. Serbian Corpus of Early Child Language (SCECL), and b. focus groups with experts and parents/caregivers. Exploration of the frequency of words/forms in Serbian child language and the qualitative analysis of focus groups discussions provided criteria for selection/adjustment of items in the course of inventory adaptation. The results also revealed that parents are naturally more focused on semantic and communicational aspects of utterances, and insufficiently aware of formal properties of their children?s production. The paper presents significant changes and modifications of the instrument in the course of its adaptation for Serbian, which is a step closer to the final aim - providing a standardized instrument for the assessment of language development in Serbian.

scholarly journals Validation of language evaluation scale Trivandrum in children aged 3 -6 years attending well baby clinic in a tertiary care hospital

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Avinash Singraiah ◽  
Pavan Hegde ◽  
Hazel D. Mendonsa
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Predictive Value ◽  
Screening Tool ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Language Delay ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Speech Delay ◽  
Baby Clinic ◽  
Simple Screening

Background: Delay in language development is often an early and most sensitive indicator of intellectual disability. Language delay should be detected in early stages for early intervention, so our study is to validate a simple screening tool to assess language and speech delay in a tertiary care setting. Present study was conducted to validate LEST to use in pediatric clinics to identify delay in language development among children of 3-6years, and to compare LEST and extended receptive expressive emergent scale (Extended REELS).Methods: This was a cross sectional descriptive study done in children aged 3-6 years attending well baby clinic at a tertiary care hospital. Total sample size was 100. After the written informed consent, LEST was applied to all children initially and then extended REELS was administered in the department of speech and hearing.Results: The prevalence of language and speech delay in the present study was 16%. When one item delay was taken as ‘LEST delay’ (test positive), the sensitivity and specificity of LEST was found to be 25% and 80% respectively with a negative predictive value of 85% and Likelihood ratio (LR - negative) of 0.9. When two item delay was taken as ‘LEST delay, sensitivity and specificity, was found to be 44% and 99% respectively with a negative predictive value of 91% and LR (negative) of 0.5.Conclusions: The 16% prevalence of language delay in the children indicates the need for an early identification and for it a simple screening tool like LEST is a must during the routine evaluation of young children in pediatric clinics. 

Concurrent Validity of Caregiver/Parent Report Measures of Language for Children Who Are Learning Both English and Spanish

2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 983-997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia A. Marchman ◽  
Carmen Martínez-Sussmann
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Naming Task ◽  
Parent Report ◽  
Object Naming ◽  
Early Language ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Early Language Development ◽  
Communicative Development ◽  
Macarthur Communicative Development Inventory

The validity of two analogous caregiver/parent report measures of early language development in young children who are learning both English and Spanish is examined. Caregiver/parent report indices of vocabulary production and grammar were obtained for 26 children using the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory: Words & Sentences (CDI; Fenson et al., 1994) and the Inventario del Desarrollo de Habilidades Comunicativas: Palabras y Enunciados (IDHC; Jackson-Maldonado, Bates, & Thal, 1992). Scores were significantly correlated with analogous laboratory measures in both English and Spanish, including a real-object naming task and spontaneous language use during freeplay. The findings offer evidence that the CDI and IDHC provide valid assessments of early language milestones in young English- and Spanish-speaking children. Factors that may influence the validity of these tools for use with this population are also discussed.

Exploring the Classification Accuracy of the Early Communication Indicator (ECI) With Dual-Language Learners From Latinx Backgrounds

2021 ◽  
pp. 153450842110271
Author(s):  
Marika King ◽  
Anne L. Larson ◽  
Jay Buzhardt
Keyword(s):  
Language Learners ◽  
Classification Accuracy ◽  
Dual Language ◽  
Screening Tool ◽  
Parent Report ◽  
Screening Tools ◽  
Language Delay ◽  
Dual Language Learners ◽  
Early Communication ◽  
Language Screening

Few, if any, reliable and valid screening tools exist to identify language delay in young Spanish–English speaking dual-language learners (DLLs). The early communication indicator (ECI) is a brief, naturalistic measure of expressive communication development designed to inform intervention decision-making and progress monitoring for infants and toddlers at-risk for language delays. We assessed the accuracy of the ECI as a language-screening tool for DLLs from Latinx backgrounds by completing classification accuracy analysis on 39 participants who completed the ECI and a widely used standardized reference, the Preschool Language Scales, 5th edition—Spanish, (PLS-5 Spanish). Sensitivity of the ECI was high, but the specificity was low, resulting in low classification accuracy overall. Given the limitations of using standalone assessments as a reference for DLLs, a subset of participants ( n = 22) completed additional parent-report measures related to identification of language delay. Combining the ECI with parent-report data, the specificity of the ECI remained high, and the sensitivity improved. Findings show preliminary support for the ECI as a language-screening tool, especially when combined with other information sources, and highlight the need for validated language assessment for DLLs from Latinx backgrounds.

scholarly journals The effect of age at time of cochlear implantation on the pragmatic development of the prelingual hearing impaired children

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona Sameeh Khodeir ◽  
Dina Fouad El Sayed Moussa ◽  
Rasha Mohammed Shoeib
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Cochlear Implantation ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Language Delay ◽  
Pragmatic Language ◽  
Language Abilities ◽  
Pragmatic Development ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Hearing Impaired Children

Abstract Background Pragmatics is the social use of language that draws on understanding human interactions in specific contexts and requires engagement with a communicative partner or partners. The hearing-impaired children are known to have a pragmatic language delay as hearing impairment deprived of exposure to natural communication interactions, in addition to the language delay they have. Since the age of implantation has emerged as an important predictor of language, hearing, and speech in children who use cochlear implants (CI), question aroused about the benefits of early cochlear implantation on pragmatic language development in those children. Thus, this study aims to compare the pragmatic language development of the prelingual hearing impaired children who cochlear implanted before the age of 3 years and those who cochlear implanted after the age of 3 years. Results The two study groups showed no significant differences regard their scores in the Egyptian Arabic Pragmatic Language Test (EAPLT). The two studied groups had pragmatic language scores below their 5th percentile. Among the studied groups, the scores of the EAPLT were positively correlated to the age of the children, the children’s language abilities, and the duration of the received language rehabilitation, with no significant correlation to the age of implantation. Conclusions The age of implantation has no impact on pragmatic language development in children with CI. The prelingual children with CI are susceptible to delays in the pragmatic language development that is primarily related to the age of those children and their language abilities, besides their experience in social interactions. These results should be considered in their rehabilitative plan and advocate the importance of early incorporation of pragmatic behaviors into their intervention programs.

Early lexical development in Spanish-speaking infants and toddlers

1993 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 523-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Jackson-Maldonado ◽  
Donna Thal ◽  
Virginia Marchman ◽  
Elizabeth Bates ◽  
Vera Gutierrez-Clellen
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Parent Report ◽  
Infants And Toddlers ◽  
Personal Interview ◽  
Waiting Room ◽  
Lexical Development ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Communicative Development ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Spanish Language Acquisition

ABSTRACTThis paper describes the early lexical development of a group of 328 normal Spanish-speaking children aged 0;8 to 2;7. First the development and structure of a new parent report instrument,Inventario del Desarollo de Habilidades Communcativasis described. Then five studies carried out with the instrument are presented. In the first study vocabulary development of Spanish-speaking infants and toddlers is compared to that of English-speaking infants and toddlers. The English data were gathered using a comparable parental report, theMacArthur Communicative Development Inventories. In the second study the general characteristics of Spanish language acquisition, and the effects of various demographic factors on that process, are examined. Study 3 examines the differential effects of three methods of collecting the data (mail-in, personal interview, and clinic waiting room administration). Studies 4 and 5 document the reliability and validity of the instrument. Results show that the trajectories of development are very similar for Spanish-and English-speaking children in this age range, that children from varying social groups develop similarly, and that mail-in and personal interview administration techniques produce comparable results. Inventories administered in a medical clinic waiting room, on the otherhand, produced lower estimates of toddler vocabulary than the other two models.

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