Development of a Screening Tool to Identify Babies at Risk of Language Delay in India: A Preliminary Study

Autor/inn/en	Pathak, Siddhi; Sovani-Kelkar, Pallavi
Titel	Development of a Screening Tool to Identify Babies at Risk of Language Delay in India: A Preliminary Study
Quelle	In: Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 30 (2023) 1, S.29-49 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sovani-Kelkar, Pallavi)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1048-9223
DOI	10.1080/10489223.2022.2078212
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Language Impairments; Infants; Disability Identification; Test Validity; Test Construction; Screening Tests; Language Skills; Language Acquisition; Developmental Delays; Psychometrics; Test Reliability; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Testvalidität; Testaufbau; Screening-Verfahren; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Entwicklungsverzögerung; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Testreliabilität; Indien
Abstract	Early identification of language delay is important as it has a serious impact on a child's life in terms of educational, social, and emotional development. Among the early language screening tools, there are some parent-administered tools; however, they are not culturally appropriate or freely available. This article documents the development and preliminary validation of a quick and easy-to-administer language screening tool for babies from 6 to 18 months of age. Parents of 100 babies ranging in age from 6 to 21 months were included in the study. The babies were classified into five screening levels according to their age. The items of a Screening Test of Early Language Development-Test version (STELD-T) were created and validated through expert opinion. The STELD-T was administered along with the Receptive Expressive Emergent Language Scale (REELS). Internal consistency using the Kuder-Richardson Formula-20 ranged from 0.457 to 0.853 across the five levels, acceptable owing to short tool length and item heterogeneity. Kappa coefficients indicated 0.459 to 0.875 agreement between the STELD-T and the REELS indicated satisfactory criterion validity. After calculating the percentage of babies with a "refer" result as well as Kappa statistics with three different pass-refer criteria, a pass-refer criterion of 75% seemed to be appropriate for screening. The STELD seems to be a reliable and valid tool to screen language development in babies from 6 months to 18 months of age in urban areas of Maharashtra. Items representing a range of language skills including pragmatics make it a unique tool. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01