Using Language Sample Databases

Autor/inn/en	Heilmann, John J.; Miller, Jon F.; Nockerts, Ann
Titel	Using Language Sample Databases
Quelle	In: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 41 (2010) 1, S.84-95 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-1461
DOI	10.1044/0161-1461(2009/08-0075)
Schlagwörter	Research Tools; Language Impairments; Discriminant Analysis; Databases; Language Skills; Evaluation Methods; Identification; Children; Oral Language; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschungsmittel; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Diskriminanzanalyse; Datenbank; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch
Abstract	Purpose: Over the past 50 years, language sample analysis (LSA) has evolved from a powerful research tool that is used to document children's linguistic development into a powerful clinical tool that is used to identify and describe the language skills of children with language impairment. The Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT; J. F. Miller & A. Iglesias, 2008) Software Project has developed several databases of language samples from more than 6,000 typical speakers. This article presents an overview of the SALT databases and then demonstrates the power of these databases in classifying children with language impairment. Method: Conversational language samples were elicited from 244 children with language impairment who were between 3 and 13 years of age. Language production measures generated from these transcripts were compared to measures from 244 transcripts in the SALT conversational database. A series of discriminant function analyses were completed to document the sensitivity and specificity of the language sample measures. Results: The language sample measures were effective in classifying children based on their language status, with correct identification of 78% of the children with language impairment and 85% of the children who were typically developing. Conclusion: The SALT databases provide a useful tool for the clinical management of children with language impairment. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10