Bilingual language assessment: A meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1077-1088

  Dollaghan, Christine A ^a   Horner, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual speakers; Evidence based practice; Language disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; META ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MULTILINGUALISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79961164452     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2010/10-0093)     Document Type: Article

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