Examination of an Automated Procedure for Calculating Morphological Complexity

C Wood, M Garcia-Salas, C Schatschneider - American Journal of Speech …, 2023 - ASHA
Purpose: The aim of this study was to advance the analysis of written language transcripts
by validating an automated scoring procedure using an automated open-access tool for …

[HTML][HTML] The development of a digital story-retell elicitation and analysis tool through citizen science data collection, software development and machine learning

R Bright, E Ashton, C Mckean, Y Wren - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background In order to leverage the potential benefits of technology to speech and
language therapy language assessment processes, large samples of naturalistic language …

[HTML][HTML] Indices of Narrative Language Associated with Disability

NM Almubark, G Silva-Maceda, ME Foster, TD Spencer - Children, 2023 - mdpi.com
Narratives skills are associated with long-term academic and social benefits. While students
with disabilities often struggle to produce complete and complex narratives, it remains …

UK speech and language therapists' assessment of children's expressive language, and functional impairment and impact, following the CATALISE publications

H Waine, S Bates, P Frizelle… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background In 2016/17, the CATALISE Consortium published the results of a
multinational and multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study, representing agreement among …

Exploring grammatical development in children aged 2; 6 to 7: a novel approach using elicited production

C Kauschke, K Lawatsch, A Tenhagen… - Clinical Linguistics & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The assessment of children's grammatical skills is a crucial component of diagnosing
language disorders. Elicited production is a commonly used method for obtaining data on a …

A proof-of-concept study for automatic speech recognition to transcribe AAC speakers' speech from high-technology AAC systems

SHK Chen, C Saeli, G Hu - Assistive Technology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Automatic speech recognition (ASR) is an emerging technology that has been used in
recognizing non-typical speech of people with speech impairment and enhancing the …

[HTML][HTML] Working memory training in children with developmental language disorder: Effects on complex syntax in narratives

H Delage, E Stanford, C Baratti… - Frontiers in Rehabilitation …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This study assesses the impact of a working memory training program on the syntactic
complexity of the spontaneous speech of French-speaking children with Developmental …

Comparing measures from computer-administered and examiner-administered narrative retells in Spanish: A pilot study

J Heilmann, D Finneran, M Moyle - American Journal of Speech-Language …, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: Narrative language sample analysis (LSA) is a recommended best practice for the
assessment of monolingual and bilingual children. With business-as-usual narrative LSA …

Student Perspectives on Learning Language Sample Analysis Using LENA

M Flippin - … and Learning in Communication Sciences & …, 2023 - ir.library.illinoisstate.edu
Abstract Language sample analysis (LSA) is valuable clinical tool and an important
component of comprehensive language assessment. However, LSA is underutilized in real …

Disentangling the Grammar of 3-to 6-Year-Old Dutch Children With a Developmental Language Disorder

A Scheffer, B Keij, B Hakvoort, E Ottow, E Gerrits… - Journal of Speech …, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: Children with a developmental language disorder (DLD) are often delayed in their
grammatical development. This is suggested to be the most important characteristic and …