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Mahr, Tristan J.; Rathouz, Paul J.; Hustad, Katherine C. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Aim: The aim of the study was to examine longitudinal growth in intelligibility in connected speech from 2 to 8 years of age in children with cerebral palsy. Method: Sixty-five children with cerebral palsy participated in the longitudinal study. Children were classified into speech-language profile groups using age-4 data: no speech motor…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Young Children, Speech Communication, Speech Impairments
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Everitt, Andrea; Hannaford, Philip; Conti-Ramsden, Gina – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2013
Background: Identifying 3-4-year-olds who are most at risk of persisting language difficulties, and possibly specific language impairment (SLI), is difficult due to the natural variation of language in young children. In older children, markers for SLI have been identified that differentiate between children with and without SLI. It is not known…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Developmental Delays, Expressive Language, Language Impairments
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Qi, Cathy H.; Marley, Scott C. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2011
The purpose of the study was to examine the psychometric properties of the "Preschool Language Scale-4" (PLS-4) with a sample of English-speaking Hispanic and European American children who attended Head Start programs. Participants were 440 children between the ages of 3 and 5 years (52% male; 86% Hispanic and 14% European American).…
Descriptors: Evidence, Listening Comprehension, Speech Communication, Delayed Speech