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Anna Krason; Erica L. Middleton; Matthew E. P. Ambrogi; Malathi Thothathiri – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Purpose: This study investigated conflict adaptation in aphasia, specifically whether upregulating cognitive control improves sentence comprehension. Method: Four individuals with mild aphasia completed four eye tracking sessions with interleaved auditory Stroop and sentence-to-picture matching trials (critical and filler sentences). Auditory…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Adaptive Testing, Sentences
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Hula, William D.; Fergadiotis, Gerasimos; Swiderski, Alexander M.; Silkes, JoAnn P.; Kellough, Stacey – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to verify the equivalence of 2 alternate test forms with nonoverlapping content generated by an item response theory (IRT)--based computer-adaptive test (CAT). The Philadelphia Naming Test (PNT; Roach, Schwartz, Martin, Grewal, & Brecher, 1996) was utilized as an item bank in a prospective, independent…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Severity (of Disability), Aphasia
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Chai, Jun Ho; Lo, Chang Huan; Mayor, Julien – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: This study introduces a framework to produce very short versions of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDIs) by combining the Bayesian-inspired approach introduced by Mayor and Mani (2019) with an item response theory-based computerized adaptive testing that adapts to the ability of each child, in line with…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Item Response Theory, Measures (Individuals), Language Skills
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Makransky, Guido; Dale, Philip S.; Havmose, Philip; Bleses, Dorthe – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2016
Purpose: This study investigated the feasibility and potential validity of an item response theory (IRT)-based computerized adaptive testing (CAT) version of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory: Words & Sentences (CDI:WS; Fenson et al., 2007) vocabulary checklist, with the objective of reducing length while maintaining…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Language Tests
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Hula, William D.; Kellough, Stacey; Fergadiotis, Gerasimos – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a computerized adaptive test (CAT) version of the Philadelphia Naming Test (PNT; Roach, Schwartz, Martin, Grewal, & Brecher, 1996), to reduce test length while maximizing measurement precision. This article is a direct extension of a companion article (Fergadiotis, Kellough, & Hula, 2015),…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Naming, Test Construction
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Milman, Lisa H.; Holland, Audrey; Kaszniak, Alfred W.; D'Agostino, Jerry; Garrett, Merrill; Rapcsak, Steve – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2008
Purpose: The Scales of Cognitive and Communicative Ability for Neurorehabilitation (SCCAN; L. Milman & A. Holland, 2007) was developed in the hospital setting to address changes in assessment practice. The SCCAN was designed to provide an overview of impairment and activity limitations across 8 cognitive scales (Speech Comprehension, Oral…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Alzheimers Disease, Adaptive Testing, Construct Validity