Sensitivity and specificity of French language and processing measures for the identification of primary language impairment at age 5

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 580-597

  Thordardottir, Elin ^a,b   Kehayia, Eva ^a,b   Mazer, Barbara ^a,b,c   Lessard, Nicole ^d   Majnemer, Annette ^a,b,g   Sutton, Ann ^e,f   Trudeau, Natacha ^e,f   Chilingaryan, Gevorg ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION OF GREATER MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c JEWISH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Centre de Réadaptation Marie Enfant Recherche   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^g RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Nonword repetition; Primary language impairment; Sensitivity; Sentence imitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUEBEC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79955603045     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2010/09-0196)     Document Type: Article

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