A clinical rationale for assessing rapid automatized namine in children with language disorders

Three continuous rapid naming tasks (Semel, Wiig, & Secord, 1995) were administered to 2,450 American, English-speaking, academically achieving individuals with typical language development and intellectual ability (ages 6 to 21 years) and 136 individuals with primary language disorders (LD; age...

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Published in:Journal of learning disabilities 2000-07, Vol.33 (4), p.359
Main Authors: Wiig, Elizabeth H, Zureich, Patricia, Hei-Ning, Helen Chan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Adolescents
Age
Age differences
Children
Color
Dyslexia
Educational Practices
Fluency
Intellectual ability
Intellectual development
Language acquisition
Language disorders
Language Tests
Learning disabilities
Learning transfer
Naming
Phonological Awareness
Reading Achievement
Reading Difficulties
Reading Skills
Special education
Speech-language pathology
Students
Studies
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Summary:Three continuous rapid naming tasks (Semel, Wiig, & Secord, 1995) were administered to 2,450 American, English-speaking, academically achieving individuals with typical language development and intellectual ability (ages 6 to 21 years) and 136 individuals with primary language disorders (LD; ages 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15-16). Naming time in seconds differed significantly (p < .01) between the groups for color naming (Task 1) at age 12, shape naming (Task 2) at age 6, and color-shape naming (Task 3) at ages 6, 7, 9, and 12. Naming accuracy did not differ significantly (p > .01) between groups at the majority of the age levels compared. In the normative group, naming speed increased with age in a monotonic progression. The developmental trajectory in the LD group was essentially parallel, but elevated. The percentages of individuals who failed the naming-time criteria for Task 3 (color-shape naming) differed significantly in the two groups at all ages compared (p < .05). These findings indicate that the requirements for two-dimensional, continuous naming (Task 3 color-shape naming) resulted in reduced naming speed (longer total times) and interference with fluency in language production in about half of the clinical sample.
ISSN:0022-2194
1538-4780