Investigating narrative performance in children with developmental language disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

KL Winters, J Jasso, JE Pustejovsky, CT Byrd - Journal of Speech, Language …, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: Narrative assessment is one potentially underutilized and inconsistent method
speech-language pathologists may use when considering a diagnosis of developmental …

Consistency and reliability of automated language measures across expressive language samples in autism

H MacFarlane, AC Salem, S Bedrick… - Autism …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with substantial
clinical heterogeneity, especially in language and communication ability. There is a need for …

Effect of Phonological Awareness-Focused Interventions on Phonological Errors and Phonemic Awareness in Young School-Age Children

JE Alvis, KM Brumbaugh… - Seminars in Speech and …, 2024 - thieme-connect.com
This study aimed to explore the effects of an integrated phonological awareness intervention
on phonological errors and phonemic awareness among young school-age children. Three …

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 …

Updates on Clinical Language Sampling Practices: A Survey of Speech-Language Pathologists Practicing in the United States

A Wilder, SM Redmond - … , Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2024 - pubs.asha.org
Purpose: Language sample analysis (LSA) provides many benefits for assessing, identifying
therapy goals, and monitoring the progress of children with language disorders. Despite …

Transcription Decisions of Conjoined Independent Clauses Are Equitable Across Dialects but Impact Measurement Outcomes

JB Oetting, T Maleki - Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2024 - ASHA
Purpose: Transcription of conjoined independent clauses within language samples varies
across professionals. Some transcribe these clauses as two separate utterances, whereas …

Measures of Naturalistic Language for Dialect-Speaking Children: The Case of Cypriot Greek

L Voniati, S Armostis, D Tafiadis - Languages, 2023 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to longitudinally examine mean length of utterance in words (MLU-
w) and number of different words (NDW) and their association in children speaking Cypriot …

Measuring Linguistic Growth in Sentence-Level Writing Curriculum-Based Measures: Exploring Complementary Scoring Methods

EA Reno, KL McMaster - Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in …, 2024 - ASHA
Purpose: Picture–word writing curriculum-based measures (PW CBM-Ws) are technically
sound, formative measures of descriptive, sentence-level writing but cannot estimate …

Effect of sample length on MLU in Mandarin-speaking hard-of-hearing children

CY Chu, PH Chen, YS Tsai, CA Chen… - Journal of Deaf …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
This study investigated the impact of language sample length on mean length of utterance
(MLU) and aimed to determine the minimum number of utterances required for a reliable …

Using natural language processing and machine learning for the identification of child language disorders: Challenges and emerging approaches

JM Lammert - 2023 - osf.io
Running head: NLP AND ML METHODS FOR DLD DIAGNOSIS 1 Using Natural Language
Processing and Machine Learning for the Identificat Page 1 Running head: NLP AND ML …