Title
Accuracy of a Screening Tool for Early Identification of Language Impairment
Author
Uilenburg, N.
Wiefferink, K.
Verkerk, P.H.
van Denderen, M.
van Schie, C.
Oudesluys-Murphy, A.M.
Publication year
2018
Abstract
Purpose A screening tool called the VTO Language Screening Instrument (VTO-LSI) was developed to enable more uniform and earlier detection of language impairment. This report, consisting of 2 retrospective studies, focuses on the effects of using the VTO-LSI compared to regular detection procedures. Method Study 1 retrospectively compared VTO-LSI with regular detection procedures. Outcome measure was the detection rate of language impairment among 24-month-old children. Data were retrieved from medical records of children attending a youth health care center. Study 2 retrospectively compared the effects of VTO-LSI and regular detection procedures on the age at referral for diagnostic investigations and the influence of sex. Data were retrieved from medical records from the speech and hearing center and analyzed with multivariate analysis of variance. Results With the VTO-LSI, significantly more cases with language impairment were identified compared with the regular detection procedure (2.4% vs. 0.4%). In regions where the VTO-LSI was used, girls were almost 2 years younger, and boys were 1 year younger when referred to diagnostic investigations than in regions with regular detection procedures. Conclusion The VTO-LSI was more effective than regular detection procedures.
Subject
Life
CH - Child Health
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Healthy for Life
Health
Healthy Living
Language Screening Instrument
Indentification
Speech
Children
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1044/2017_jslhr-l-16-0173
TNO identifier
783385
Source
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 61 (1), 104-113
Document type
article