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Teachers' screening estimations of speech-language impairments in primary school children in Nepal.
- Source :
- International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders; May2016, Vol. 51 Issue 3, p310-327, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Background The prevalence of speech-language impairments in children have been estimated for several languages, primarily in developed countries. However, prevalence data is lacking for developing countries, such as Nepal. Aims (1) To obtain teacher estimates of incidence and overall prevalence of speech-language impairments and its subtypes as a function of gender, age and grade level; and (2) to validate the screening instrument on Nepalese children. Methodology The adapted teachers' screening instrument, namely adapted Teachers' Speech and Language Referral Checklist (a-TSLRC), was administered in 2776 (690 and 2086) primary school children aged 5;00-11;11 years (mean = 8;11 years). The screening was conducted at four different points in time, i.e. Incidences I and II, and each incidence consisted of a testing and a retesting phase. Prior to this, teachers were trained in forum meetings, and an information sheet containing an overview of speech-language impairments, and guidelines/criteria for marking the occurrence of speech-language impairments in the TSLRC were disseminated. Outcomes & Results Overall prevalence of speech-language impairments in children was estimated as 8.11%. Specifically, overall speech problems were estimated as 4.68%, and language problems as 8.0%. Additionally, the prevalence by subtypes of speech-language impairments as categorized in the TSLRC were reported to be 2.95% for an articulation/phonological problems, 2.09% for stuttering, 3.42% for a voice problems, 4.97% for a receptive language problems and 7.74% for an expressive language problems. The internal consistency among items was sufficient and a good intra-rater reliability was obtained. Conclusions & Implications The study indicates that the overall results of speech-language impairments in children via the adapted in-Nepalese criterion-referenced instrument are supported by international studies. In addition, justifiable reliability and validity was obtained. Therefore, based on these overall evidence, this instrument can be useful for the screening of speech-language impairments in primary school children in Nepal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- LANGUAGE disorders in children
SPEECH disorders in children
COMMUNICATIVE disorders in children
DISEASE incidence
PRIMARY school teachers
SCHOOL children
AGE distribution
ARTICULATION disorders
CHI-squared test
STATISTICAL correlation
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research
LANGUAGE disorders
LONGITUDINAL method
RESEARCH methodology
PROBABILITY theory
RESEARCH evaluation
RESEARCH funding
SEX distribution
SPEECH evaluation
SPEECH disorders
STUTTERING
TEACHERS
VOICE disorders
STATISTICAL reliability
EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
REHABILITATION of children with disabilities
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHILDREN
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13682822
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 114639724
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12209