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Response latency and verbal complexity: stochastic models of individual differences in children with specific language impairments.

Within-subject statistical modeling techniques were employed to investigate individual differences in the extent to which two possible indicators of processing time predicted changes in utterance complexity during spontaneous discourse for 10 children ages 7;1 to 10;1 with specific language impairme...

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Published in:Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 754 - 765
Main Authors: Evans JL, Viele K, Kass RE
Format: equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Aug1997
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          Evans JL
          Viele K
          Kass RE
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          Language Disorders Diagnosis
          Models, Theoretical
          Time Factors
          Comparative Studies
          Language Tests
          Videorecording
          Audiorecording
          Coding
          Data Analysis Software
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          Child
          T-Tests
          Analysis of Variance
          Chi Square Test
          Goodness of Fit Chi Square Test
          Correlation Coefficient
          Null Hypothesis
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      ab: Within-subject statistical modeling techniques were employed to investigate individual differences in the extent to which two possible indicators of processing time predicted changes in utterance complexity during spontaneous discourse for 10 children ages 7;1 to 10;1 with specific language impairments (SLI) who differed in receptive language abilities. The two indicators of processing time that were modeled were response latency and the use of a specific discourse marker (Verbal Pause) that provided children with additional time to respond. Longer response latencies were not a strong predictor of increased utterance length for any of the children. However, results indicated that children with better receptive skills used substantially more verbal pauses than children with both expressive and receptive deficits and that the use of these pauses was a strong predictor of increased utterance length for children with better comprehension skills.
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