Prepared by:
Research Triangle Institute Evidence-based Practice Center
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Andrea K. Biddle, Ph.D, M.P.H
Linda R. Watson, Ed.D
Celia R. Hooper, Ph.D.
Kathleen N. Lohr, Ph.D.
Sonya F. Sutton, B.S.P.H.
Investigators
File Name Description Software Version File Size __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 01front.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 84KB 10 pages Contents: Title Page, Preface, Structured Abstract, Table of Contents 02summ.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 51KB 7 pages Contents: Summary: Overview; Reporting the Evidence; Methodology; Findings; Future Research 03chap1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 98KB 11 pages Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Disability associated with speech and language disorders; Technical and measurement issues for evaluation tools; Organization of the report 04tbl1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 30KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 1, Table 1. Key Questions 05chap2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 99KB 11 pages Contents: Chapter 2. Methodology: Key questions, causal pathway, and selected instruments; Selection of instruments; Literature search; Gray literature search; Literature retrieval; Results of article selection; Data abstraction process; Quality and strength of evidence evaluation; Grading the strength of available evidence; Development of evidence tables; Supplemental analysis-usability analysis; Peer review process 06fig1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 72KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 2, Figure 1. Causal Pathway for Determining Disability in Speech and Language Disorders 07tbl2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 34KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 2, Table 2. Instruments Selected for Review, by Disorder Category 08tbl3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 33KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 2, Table 3. Criteria for Determining Disability in Speech and Language Disorders: Study Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria 09tbl4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 108KB 2 pages Contents: Chapter 2, Table 4. Results of Literature Searches, Abstract Review, and Data Abstraction Processes, by Instrument 10ch2app.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 69KB 4 pages Contents: Chapter 2, Methods appendix: explanation of reliability and validity 11chap3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 341KB 34 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results: Boston diagnostic aphasia examination, 2nd edition; Porch index of communicative ability; Western aphasia battery-2nd edition (wab); Clinical evaluation of language fundamentals, 3rd edition (english); Clinical evaluation of language fundamentals, 3rd edition (spanish); Clinical evaluation of language fundamentals-preschool; Test of language development-primary, 3rd edition; Test of language development-intermediate, 3rd edition; Preschool language scale, 3rd edition (english); Preschool language scale, 3rd edition (spanish); Assessment of intelligibility of dysarthric speech; Dysarthria examination battery; Stuttering severity instrument for children and adults, 3rd edition; Goldman-fristoe test of articulation, 2nd edition; Grbas (grade, rough, breathy, asthenic, strain) scale; Multi-dimensional voice program; Voice handicap index; Supplemental analyses-usability analysis 12tbl5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 35KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 3, Table 5. Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination, 2nd Edition (BDAE) 13tbl6.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 34KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 3, Table 6. Porch Index of Communicative Ability (PICA) 14tbl7.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 34KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 3, Table 7. Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) 15tbl8.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 34KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 3, Table 8. Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 3rd Edition (CELF) 16tbl9.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 31KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 3, Table 9. Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 3rd Spanish Edition (CELF-3Sp) 17tbl10.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 34KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 3, Table 10. Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals-Preschool (CELF-P) 18tbl11.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 35KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 3, Table 11. Test of Language Development-Primary, 3rd edition (TOLD-P:3) 19tbl12.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 34KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 3, Table 12. Test of Language Development-Intermediate, 3rd Edition (TOLD-I:3) 20tbl13.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 33KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 3, Table 13. Preschool Language Scale, 3rd Edition (PLS-3) 21tbl14.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 33KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 3, Table 14. Preschool Language Scale,3rd Edition (Spanish) (PLS-3Sp) 22tbl15.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 33KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 3, Table 15. Test of Pragmatic Language (TOPL) 23tbl16.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 34KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 3, Table 16. Assessment of Intelligibility of Dysarthric Speech (AIDS) 24tbl17.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 34KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 3, Table 17. Dysarthria Examination Battery (DEB) 25tbl18.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 33KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 3, Table 18. Stuttering Severity Instrument, 3rd Edition (SSI-3) 26tbl19.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 33KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 3, Table 19. Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation, 2nd Edition (GFTA-2) 27tbl20.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 33KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 3, Table 20. GRBAS (Grade, Rough, Breathy, Asthenic, Strain) Scale 28tbl21.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 35KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 3, Table 21. Multi-Dimensional Voice Program (MDVP) 29tbl22.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 33KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 3, Table 22. Voice Handicap Index (VHI) 30tbl23.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 83KB 2 pages Contents: Chapter 3, Table 23. Usability Evaluation Results, by Instrument 31chap4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 99KB 11 pages Contents: Chapter 4. Conclusions: Key question no. 1: instrument properties; Key question no. 2: predictive validity; Limitations of the evidence report; Using our results to develop criteria for disability 32tbl24.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 101KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 4, Table 24. Key Clinical Question 1: Evidence for Reliability, Validity, and Normative Data, by Instrument 33tbl25.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 44KB 2 pages Contents: Chapter 4, Table 25. Strength of Available Evidence for Instruments, by Key Question 34ch5ref.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 114KB 13 pages Contents: Chapter 5. Future research directions: Psychometric properties of instruments; Issues relating to clinical applications; Issues related to clinical and health policymaking; Costs and cost-effectiveness References 35etabs.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 1.2MB 152 pages Contents: Glossary for Evidence Tables; Evidence Tables 36appa.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 27KB 4 pages Contents: Appendix A. Acknowledgements 37appb.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 39KB 4 pages Contents: Appendix B. Technical Expert Advisory Group (TEAG) 38appc.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 53KB 4 pages Contents: Appendix C. Peer Review 39appd.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 146KB 21 pages Contents: Appendix D. Methodology 40figd2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 83KB 8 pages Contents: Appendix D, Figure D2. Data Extraction Form for Peer-Reviewed Articles- Criteria for Determining Disability in Speech Language Disorders 41figd3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 141KB 20 pages Contents: Appendix D, Figure D3. Data Extraction Form for Instrument Manuals- Criteria for Determining Disability in Speech Language Disorders 42figd4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 60KB 4 pages Contents: Appendix D, Figure D4. Article Quality Rating Forms 43figd5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 67KB 6 pages Contents: Appendix D, Figure D5. Test Manual Quality Rating Forms __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
AHRQ Publication No. 02-E010
Current as of January 2002
Internet Citation:
Criteria for Determining Disability in Speech-Language Disorders. File Inventory, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 52. AHRQ Publication No. 02-E010, January 2002. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/sldisinv.htm
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