Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 52

Criteria for Determining Disability in Speech-Language Disorders

File Inventory


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
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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
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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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