The diagnostic accuracy of a new test of early nonword repetition for differentiating late talking and typically developing children

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 872-882

  Stokes, Stephanie F ^a   Klee, Thomas ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Language impairment; Late talkers; Nonword repetition; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST OF EARLY NONWORD REPETITION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PHONETICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 68149092104     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/08-0030)     Document Type: Article

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