Two Grammatical Tasks for Screening Language Abilities in Spanish-Speaking Children
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Purpose: This study assessed concurrent validity evidence for 2 grammatical tasks of a new screener, the Tamiz de Problemas de Lenguaje, for identifying monolingual Spanish-speaking children at risk for specific language impairment with grammatical deficits. Method: A total of 770 4- to 6-year-old monolingual, Spanish-speaking children with and without language impairment were sampled from 3 different states in Mexico. Multiple logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic curve analyses were conducted to assess the predictive utility of the model and the classification accuracy of the tasks. The criterion was diagnosis of specific language impairment with grammatical deficits on the basis of a comprehensive language assessment. Results: Results indicated that sensitivity estimates ranged from .90 to .94 and specificity estimates from .83 to .92. Overall, there was a good balance between sensitivity and specificity estimates with moderate to large positive and negative likelihood ratios. Conclusion: Results suggested that the 2 grammatical tasks are suitable for identifying 4- to 6-year-old monolingual Spanish-speaking children at risk for grammatical deficits.
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The TPL and SIOLD studies involved 4- to 6-year-old children, with diagnostic accuracy increasing toward 5 years of age.
“The study concerning the Tamiz de Problemas de Lenguaje—TPL [99]—and the Screening for Identification of Oral—SIOLD [100]—involved 4- to 6-year-old children with diagnostic accuracy increasing toward 5 years of age.”
From Developmental Language Disorder: Early Predictors, Age for the Diagnosis, and Diagnostic Tools. A Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [99]
The TPL screening task showed good sensitivity and fair specificity for 4-year-olds (0.90 and 0.83) and 5-year-olds (0.90 and 0.84), and good sensitivity and specificity for 6-year-olds (0.94 and 0.92), with positive and negative likelihood ratios moderate to large.
“The TPL screening task showed good sensitivity and fair specificity for 4- (0.90 and 0.83, respectively) and 5-year-olds (0.90 and 0.84, respectively) and good sensitivity and specificity for 6-year-olds (0.94 and 0.92, respectively), with positive and negative likelihood ratios being moderate to large.”
From Developmental Language Disorder: Early Predictors, Age for the Diagnosis, and Diagnostic Tools. A Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [99]
The TPL has high accuracy in identifying children at risk for DLD with grammatical deficits.
“The authors concluded that the TPL has high accuracy in identifying children at risk for DLD with grammatical deficits.”
From Developmental Language Disorder: Early Predictors, Age for the Diagnosis, and Diagnostic Tools. A Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [99]
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- Authors
- Auza Benavides, A., Kapantzoglou, M., & Murata, C.
- Affiliations
- Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea González, Instituto Mexicano para la Atención del Desarrollo del Niño (IMAD), Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Portland State University (US)
- Instituto Nacional de Pediatria (MX)
- Venue
- American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
- Published
- 2018-05-03
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 690-705
- ISSN
- 1058-0360 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-9110
- OpenAlex
- W2792805677
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 66
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 3.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PDXScholar (Portland State University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Keywords
- specific language impairment, grammatical deficits, language screening, early childhood language assessment, concurrent validity, sensitivity and specificity, likelihood ratios, risk identification
- MeSH terms
- Age Factors, Child, Child Behavior, Child Language, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Language Development Disorders, Language Tests, Male, Mexico, Predictive Value of Tests, Reproducibility of Results, Case-Control Studies
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