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Can Conversation-Based Intervention Using Speech-Generating Devices Improve Language in Children with Partially Intelligible Speech?
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Luckins, Jessie M.; Clarke, Michael T. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2021
Children with partially intelligible speech and language difficulties are often provided with speech-generating devices (SGDs) to support their spoken communication. However, little is known about how SGDs can be used best to facilitate language development. This study evaluated the effects of a conversation-based intervention using SGDs, on the…
Descriptors: Children, Speech, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Intelligibility
Exploring Predictors of Expressive Grammar across Different Assessment Tasks in Preschoolers with or without DLD
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Yarian, Marley; Washington, Karla N.; Spencer, Caroline E.; Vannest, Jennifer; Crowe, Kathryn – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2021
Predictors of expressive grammar were compared in formal and naturalistic assessment tasks for children with typically developing (TD) language and with Developmental Langauge Disorder (DLD). Standardized expressive language assessments were administered to 110 preschoolers. The parents of these children reported whether or not they were concerned…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Grammar, Preschool Children, Language Impairments
Word Retrieval and Lexical Organization in Children with Hearing Loss and Developmental Language Disorder
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Esbensen, Annette; Thomsen, Pia – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2021
Word retrieval and lexical organization were explored in 16 Danish children with slight to severe hearing loss (HL), 11 children with developmental language disorder (DLD), and 25 typically developing (TD) children in the age range of 7 to 12 years. There is a special focus on children with HL with and without language difficulties compared with…
Descriptors: Children, Preadolescents, Developmental Delays, Language Impairments
Pragmatic Functions in Late Talkers: A 1-Year Follow-Up Study
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MacRoy-Higgins, Michelle; Kliment, Sarah – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2017
This study analyzed spontaneous language samples of three-year-olds with a history of expressive language delay (late talkers) and age-matched controls using Dore's Conversational Acts analysis (1978) and Mean Length of Utterance (MLU; Brown, 1973). Differences were observed between groups in utterances classified as organizational device and…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Followup Studies, Expressive Language, Delayed Speech
Assessing Spoken Language Competence in Children with Selective Mutism: Using Parents as Test Presenters
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Klein, Evelyn R.; Armstrong, Sharon Lee; Shipon-Blum, Elisa – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2013
Children with selective mutism (SM) display a failure to speak in select situations despite speaking when comfortable. The purpose of this study was to obtain valid assessments of receptive and expressive language in 33 children (ages 5 to 12) with SM. Because some children with SM will speak to parents but not a professional, another purpose was…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Standardized Tests, Expressive Language, Speech
Language Characteristics of Children with ADHD.
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Kim, Okmi H.; Kaiser, Ann P. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2000
Language characteristics of 11 children (ages 6-8) with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and 11 typically developing children were compared for semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic language skills. Findings indicated no differences on receptive vocabulary, but children with ADHD performed worse on tests of expressive speech and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Expressive Language
Facilitating Storybook Interactions between Mothers and Their Preschoolers with Language Impairment.
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Crowe, Linda K.; Norris, Janet A.; Hoffman, Paul R. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2000
Three children with language impairment (ages 38 to 41 months) and their mothers participated in a study evaluating a storybook reading process for facilitating mother-child interactions. The complete reading cycle (CRC) involved: (1) attentional vocative, (2) query, (3) response, and (4) feedback. Results indicated changes in mothers' storybook…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Expressive Language, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship