Shortened Nonword Repetition Task (NWR-S): A Simple, Quick, and Less Expensive Outcome to Identify Children with Combined Specific Language and Reading Impairment

Autor/inn/en	le Clercq, Carlijn M. P.; van der Schroeff, Marc P.; Rispens, Judith E.; Ruytjens, Liesbet; Goedegebure, André; van Ingen, Gijs; Franken, Marie-Christine
Titel	Shortened Nonword Repetition Task (NWR-S): A Simple, Quick, and Less Expensive Outcome to Identify Children with Combined Specific Language and Reading Impairment
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 60 (2017) 8, S.2241-2248 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
DOI	10.1044/2017_JSLHR-L-16-0060
Schlagwörter	Language Impairments; Reading Difficulties; Children; Repetition; Control Groups; Statistical Analysis; Regression (Statistics); Indo European Languages + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Reading difficulty; Leseschwierigkeit; Child; Kind; Kinder; Wiederholung; Statistische Analyse; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Indoeuropäisch
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this research note was to validate a simplified version of the Dutch nonword repetition task (NWR; Rispens & Baker, 2012). The NWR was shortened and scoring was transformed to correct/incorrect nonwords, resulting in the shortened NWR (NWR-S). Method: NWR-S and NWR performance were compared in the previously published data set of Rispens and Baker (2012; N = 88), who compared NWR performance in 5 participant groups: specific language impairment (SLI), reading impairment (RI), both SLI and RI, one control group matched on chronological age, and one control group matched on language age. Results: Analyses of variance showed that children with SLI + RI performed significantly worse than other participant groups in NWR-S, just as in NWR. Logistic regression analyses showed that both tasks can predict an SLI + RI outcome. NWR-S holds a sensitivity of 82.6% and a specificity of 95.4% in identifying children with SLI + RI. The sensitivity of the original NWR is 87.0% with a specificity of 87.7%. Conclusions: As the original NWR, the NWR-S comprising a subset of 22 nonwords scored with a simplified scoring system can identify children with combined SLI and RI while saving a significant amount of the needed assessment time. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01