Multilingual Speech Assessment: Using an Implementation Science Framework to Explore Acceptability of the Speech Assessment of Children’s Home Language(s) (SACHL).
Purpose: The Speech Assessment of Children’s Home Language(s) (SACHL) offers a new, evidence-based clinical protocol for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to assess speech in unfamiliar languages. This study used implementation science to investigate SLPs’ current multilingual speech assessment pr...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 226 - 242 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Jan2026
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