Current applications of microcomputers to the field of communication disorders (recordkeeping, word processing, assessment and intervention, educational instruction, and research) as well as emerging applications (interactive video, videotape systems, and videodisk systems) are reviewed. Future applications are briefly noted. (CL)

This study evaluated 9 computer-generated measures of children's language production, based on 24 children with specific language impairment and 24 normally developing children, ages 24-50 months. Three measures possessed desirable developmental and diagnostic characteristics: mean syntactic length, total number of words, and number of different…

A project to make computerized language sample analysis available to Wisconsin public school speech-language pathologists is described. The project developed the Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts computer program as a standard analysis procedure, created a reference database of language samples, and developed indices of developmental…