Phonological assessment for Greek (PAel) test: Reliability and validity in 4-to 6-year-old preschool children.

IF 1 4区 医学 Q4 AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics Pub Date : 2024-08-02 Epub Date: 2024-07-15 DOI:10.1080/02699206.2024.2376684
Vasiliki Zarokanellou, M Giotopoulou, M Kougioumtzi, M-E Lergou, D Tafiadis, N Ziavra, A Gryparis
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Single-word phonological tests are widely used for detecting children at risk for Speech Sound Disorders (SSDs). However, specific conceptual and operational criteria should be evaluated to ensure that these assessments are valid and reliable and can serve as diagnostic tools. The current study aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of the screener of a phonological Greek instrument, named the Phonological Assessment for Greek (PAel) comparing the phonological performance of typically developing (TD) children and children with SSDs, aged 4 to 6 years. The participants were 20 TD children and 40 children with SSDs. All participants completed the screener of PAel, the 70-word list of the standardised Test of Phonetic and Phonological Development (TPPD), and a language test, namely the Action Picture Test. Participants who scored below the 25th percentile on the language test were excluded. Phonological analysis revealed that PAel has high content validity. The participants who had received a diagnosis of SSDs presented restricted consonant and cluster inventories and significantly lower whole-word match levels in comparison to their TD peers. The overall Spearman's correlation coefficients between PAel and TPPD were 0.611 for TD children (p < 0.001) and 0.875 for children with SSDs (p < 0.001), indicating good criterion validity. The tool demonstrated strong test-retest reliability and inter-rater reliability with Spearman values exceeding 0.85, and Intra-class correlation coefficients over 0.90. Overall, the results suggest that PAel has satisfactory reliability and validity and can be used as an assessment tool to detect children at risk for SSDs.

希腊语语音评估(PAel)测试:4-6 岁学龄前儿童的信度和效度。
单字语音测试被广泛用于检测有言语发音障碍(SSD)风险的儿童。然而,应评估具体的概念和操作标准,以确保这些评估有效、可靠,并可作为诊断工具。本研究旨在调查希腊语语音工具筛选器的有效性和可靠性,该工具名为 "希腊语语音评估"(PAel),比较典型发育(TD)儿童和 SSD 儿童(4-6 岁)的语音表现。参与者包括 20 名典型发育障碍儿童和 40 名 SSD 儿童。所有参与者都完成了 PAel 筛选器、标准化语音和音素发育测试 (TPPD) 的 70 个单词表以及一项语言测试,即动作图画测试。在语言测试中得分低于第 25 百分位数的参与者被排除在外。语音分析表明,PAel 具有很高的内容效度。被诊断为 SSD 的受试者与 TD 受试者相比,其辅音和音群清单受到限制,全词匹配水平明显较低。TD儿童的PAel与TPPD之间的总体斯皮尔曼相关系数为0.611(p p
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Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY-REHABILITATION
CiteScore
2.70
自引率
16.70%
发文量
74
审稿时长
6-12 weeks
期刊介绍: Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics encompasses the following: Linguistics and phonetics of disorders of speech and language; Contribution of data from communication disorders to theories of speech production and perception; Research on communication disorders in multilingual populations, and in under-researched populations, and languages other than English; Pragmatic aspects of speech and language disorders; Clinical dialectology and sociolinguistics; Childhood, adolescent and adult disorders of communication; Linguistics and phonetics of hearing impairment, sign language and lip-reading.
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