Real-Word and Nonword Repetition in Italian-Speaking Children with Specific Language Impairment: A Study of Diagnostic Accuracy

Purpose: Using 2 different scoring methods, the authors examined the diagnostic accuracy of both real-word and nonword repetition in identifying Italian-speaking children with and without specific language impairment (SLI). Method: A total of 34 children ages 3;11-5;8 (years;months) participated--17...

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Published in:Journal of speech, language, and hearing research language, and hearing research, 2013-02, Vol.56 (1), p.323-336
Main Authors: Dispaldro, Marco, Leonard, Laurence B, Deevy, Patricia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Clinical Diagnosis
Diagnostic Tests
Female
Humans
Interpersonal communication in children
Italian
Italy
Language
Language Acquisition
Language Development
Language Development Disorders - diagnosis
Language Development Disorders - physiopathology
Language disorders
Language Impairments
Language Tests - standards
Language Therapy - methods
Language Therapy - standards
Male
Memory
Nonwords
Phonetics
Phonology
Preschool Children
Reduplication
Regression (Statistics)
Repetition
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Specific language impairment
Twins
Verbal Learning
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Summary:Purpose: Using 2 different scoring methods, the authors examined the diagnostic accuracy of both real-word and nonword repetition in identifying Italian-speaking children with and without specific language impairment (SLI). Method: A total of 34 children ages 3;11-5;8 (years;months) participated--17 children with SLI and 17 typically developing children matched for age (TD-A children). Children completed real-word and nonword repetition tasks. The capacity of real-word and nonword repetition tasks to discriminate children with SLI from TD-A was examined through binary logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic curves. Results: Both real-word and nonword repetition showed good (or excellent) sensitivity and specificity in distinguishing children with SLI from their TD peers. Conclusions: Nonword repetition appears to be a useful diagnostic indicator for Italian, as in other languages. In addition, real-word repetition also holds promise. The contributions of each type of measure are discussed.
ISSN:1092-4388
1558-9102
DOI:10.1044/1092-4388(2012/11-0304)