Criteria for Determining Disability
in Speech-Language Disorders

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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