Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Preschool Second Edition

Psychometric Properties of Language Assessments for Children Aged 4–12 Years: A Systematic Review

Introduction: Standardized assessments are widely used by speech pathologists in clinical and research settings to evaluate the language abilities of school-aged children and inform decisions about diagnosis, eligibility for services and intervention. Given the significance of these decisions, it is important that assessments have sound psychometric properties. Objective: The aim of this system...

Bilateral Versus Unilateral Cochlear Implants in Children: A Study of Spoken Language Outcomes

OBJECTIVES Although it has been established that bilateral cochlear implants (CIs) offer additional speech perception and localization benefits to many children with severe to profound hearing loss, whether these improved perceptual abilities facilitate significantly better language development has not yet been clearly established. The aims of this study were to compare language abilities of ch...

Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals – Fourth Edition ( CELF - 4 ) Spanish

Contribution of family environment to pediatric cochlear implant users' speech and language outcomes: some preliminary findings.

PURPOSE To evaluate the family environments of children with cochlear implants and to examine relationships between family environment and postimplant language development and executive function. METHOD Forty-five families of children with cochlear implants completed a self-report family environment questionnaire (Family Environment Scale--Fourth Edition; Moos & Moos, 2009) and an inventory o...

Randomized trial of a population-based, home-delivered intervention for preschool language delay.

OBJECTIVE Population approaches to lessen the adverse impacts of preschool language delay remain elusive. We aimed to determine whether systematic ascertainment of language delay at age 4 years, followed by a 10-month, 1-on-1 intervention, improves language and related outcomes at age 5 years. METHODS A randomized trial nested within a cross-sectional ascertainment of language delay. Children...