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    Is two too early? Assessing toddlers’ phonology

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    Authors
    Claessen, Mary
    Beattie, T.
    Roberts, R.
    Leitao, Suze
    Whitworth, Anne
    Dodd, B.
    Date
    2016
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Claessen, M. and Beattie, T. and Roberts, R. and Leitao, S. and Whitworth, A. and Dodd, B. 2016. Is two too early? Assessing toddlers’ phonology. Speech, Language and Hearing. [In Press].
    Source Title
    Speech, Language and Hearing
    DOI
    10.1080/2050571X.2016.1222723
    ISSN
    2050-571X
    School
    School of Psychology and Speech Pathology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30521
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupEarly identification of phonological disorders is important for Speech Language Pathologists who assess and treat children aged under three years. Normative data justifies identification and standard scores can evaluate intervention that might prevent the negative consequences associated with phonological disorder. Two studies evaluated the reliability and predictive validity of the Toddler Phonology Test (TPT). Study 1 assessed 18 Australian toddlers, comparing their performance with normative data and reassessing them one month later to examine test–retest reliability. Study 2 assessed the predictive validity of the TPT’s quantitative and qualitative normative data by reassessing 24 British children between four and nine months after their first assessment and examining number and type of errors. Study 1 found no significant difference between the first and second assessment one month later for percent consonants and vowels correct but a drop in the number of atypical errors. Positive correlations for all performance measures showed strong test–retest ranking for children. Study 2 indicated that both quantitative and qualitative TPT data predicted phonological development over 4–9 months. Case data suggested that phonological disorder was best predicted by qualitative data. The results indicated that phonological disorder can be reliably diagnosed at two years of age.

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