Using PAALSS for the manual analysis of language samples of individuals who use aided AAC in Spanish: A pilot study

IF 1.8 3区医学 Q2 AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Journal of Communication Disorders Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2024.106453

Gloria Soto

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Abstract

This pilot study describes the application of the Protocol for the Analysis of Aided Language Samples in Spanish (PAALSS), specifically designed for the manual analysis of language samples from individuals in the early stages of Spanish aided language development. Data were collected from 22 language samples from 16 individuals who use aided AAC and are at the earlier stages of Spanish language development. The primary objective of this study was to explore the feasibility of using PAALSS as an analytical tool to describe various aspects of the language samples, including lexical productivity, lexical diversity, morphology, grammatical complexity, and syntax. Results are presented according to four different groupings, based on the language samples’ grammatical complexity scores. The study provides preliminary evidence of the potential of PAALSS as a useful tool for the manual analysis of language samples from users of AAC in Spanish. However, future studies are needed to establish its formal psychometric and measurement properties.

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使用 PAALSS 手动分析西班牙语辅助 AAC 使用者的语言样本：试点研究

这项试验性研究描述了西班牙语辅助语言样本分析协议（PAALSS）的应用情况，该协议专门用于对处于西班牙语辅助语言发展早期阶段的个体的语言样本进行人工分析。本研究从 16 名使用辅助 AAC 并处于西班牙语语言发展早期阶段的个体的 22 个语言样本中收集了数据。本研究的主要目的是探索使用 PAALSS 作为分析工具来描述语言样本各个方面的可行性，包括词汇生产力、词汇多样性、词法、语法复杂性和句法。研究结果根据语言样本的语法复杂性得分按四个不同的组别呈现。这项研究提供了初步证据，证明 PAALSS 可以作为一种有用的工具，对西班牙语 AAC 用户的语言样本进行人工分析。然而，未来的研究还需要确定其正式的心理测量学和测量属性。

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Journal of Communication Disorders AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY-REHABILITATION

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3.30

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5.90%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Communication Disorders publishes original articles on topics related to disorders of speech, language and hearing. Authors are encouraged to submit reports of experimental or descriptive investigations (research articles), review articles, tutorials or discussion papers, or letters to the editor ("short communications"). Please note that we do not accept case studies unless they conform to the principles of single-subject experimental design. Special issues are published periodically on timely and clinically relevant topics.