Eligibility criteria for language impairment: Is the low end of normal always appropriate?

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-72

  Spaulding, Tammie J ^a   Plante, Elena ^a   Farinella, Kimberly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Evidence based practice; Language disorder; School age children

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33644675104     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2006/007)     Document Type: Review

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