Teachers’ screening estimations of speech–language impairments in primary school children in Nepal

Thapa, Krishna Bahadur; Okalidou, Areti; Anastasiadou, Sofia

doi:10.1111/1460-6984.12209

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“…Stuttering actually has a well-known gender skew in prevalence. A survey of the literature for this article revealed 19 studies where observed stuttering rates for males and females could be established along with measures of uncertainty (McCulloch and Fawcett, 1964;Porfert and Rosenfield, 1978;Ardila et al, 1994;Månson, 2005;Craig et al, 2002;McKinnon et al, 2007;van Borsel et al, 2006;Dworzynski et al, 2007;Proctor et al, 2008;Mohamadi et al, 2008;Akhavan Karbasi et al, 2011;Rautakoski et al, 2012;McAllister et al, 2012;Kefalianos et al, 2014;Obeid et al, 2015;Abou Ella et al, 2015;Thapa et al, 2016;Mohamadi et al, 2016;Gerlach et al, 2018).…”

Section: Childhood-onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering)mentioning

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Gender differences in language are small but matter for disorders

Wallentin

2020

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

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Language is omnipresent in human life and therefore also in the brain. Gender differences in language can be signs of cognitive differences, but can also by themselves be the cause for such differences. Females have a slight linguistic advantage to males, but effect sizes are small and gender explains very little of the variance seen in the normal population (1-2%). However, males outnumber females in the lowest 10 th percentile in language tests (2:1), causing males to more often be diagnosed with developmental disorders which rely on tests of language development. Thus, gender differences in language are negligible, if you focus on the whole population, but if you focus on language deficits, gender differences are outspoken. Differences in voice and word-use can be observed among the genders, making it possible to predict gender from these measures with a high degree of certainty. A subtle finding is that women use more 1 st person pronouns. This is also observed in depression which is more prevalent in females, opening up for a potential link. Sex chromosome trisomies are often accompanied by language deficits, but the causes for this are not known. No gender differences are observed in the linguistic symptoms of neurodegenerative disorders. Post-stroke aphasia is more prevalent among women than among men, but this seems to be an age-effect. A link between the brain and gender differences in language is thus missing.

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Section: Childhood-onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering)mentioning

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Gender differences in language are small but matter for disorders

Wallentin

2020

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

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“…1,2 Especially boys and younger children seem prone to develop dysphonia. 2,3 Pediatric dysphonia is characterized by an atypical voice production due to organic, functional or neurologic causes. The disorder can lead to feelings of inferiority and to limited participation in educational or social activities.…”

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“…[11][12] Such training opportunities are important as teachers can be considered reliable sources in indirect assessment of speech-language impairments. 3 Therefore, they need to be well informed about pediatric dysphonia and the impact on communication, participation and quality of life. 11 Early detection is necessary to facilitate the rehabilitation of dysphonic children, since they can experience feelings of inferiority.…”

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Knowledge of the Voice in the Teachers' Population and their Ability to Refer Children with Voice Disorders to a Speech-Language Pathologist

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“…The literature commonly points to the need for carrying out screening initiatives so children with risk for stuttering are referred for assessment as early as possible, thus avoiding the loss due to delayed initial care [8][9][10] . Also, early childhood screening helps spread information (e.g., instructions on how to promote fluency), prevents stuttering, and opens the way to follow up the child's speech 7 .…”

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Developmental Stuttering Screening Instrument: development and content validation

2021

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Purpose: to develop a screening instrument to identify the risk of developmental stuttering in preschoolers. Methods: the procedures were divided into two stages: The first one (theoretical), consisted of the literature review and the construction of the items that make up the instrument; the second stage (content validation), consisted of the analysis of the instrument by a judging committee formed by 10 speech-language-hearing therapists who work in the field of fluency. The data analysis was based on the calculation of the item content validity index (I-CVI) and the total number of answers (T-CVI). Also, an item reliability analysis was conducted with Cronbach’s alpha. Results: the Developmental Stuttering Screening Instrument (DSSI) encompassed 24 items distributed into four key categories. The I-CVI and T-CVI revealed a high agreement between the judges. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients indicated a high internal consistency between the judges’ answers in 19 of the 24 items. The qualitative analysis pointed to the need for new adjustments. All the analyses contributed to the construction of the second version of the instrument. Conclusion: the proposed instrument showed content-based validity evidence that made it possible, up to the present moment, to adjust it to its construct. It is suggested that the validation process continue, employing new accuracy measures.

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Teachers’ screening estimations of speech–language impairments in primary school children in Nepal

Cited by 11 publications

References 43 publications

Gender differences in language are small but matter for disorders

Gender differences in language are small but matter for disorders

Knowledge of the Voice in the Teachers' Population and their Ability to Refer Children with Voice Disorders to a Speech-Language Pathologist

Developmental Stuttering Screening Instrument: development and content validation

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