A trial speech screening test for school entrants.
An objective, low-cost means of screening school entrant children for speech disorders was designed, and speech therapists evaluated the doctor's screening results. In a field trial comprising 438 children, an accuracy rate of 92% was reported, with a referral rate by doctors of 14%, and speech therapists subsequently observing or treating 10%. The trial showed also the effects on accuracy rates of setting different pass levels.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D012572:School Health Services; D013062:Speech Articulation Tests / Q000379:methods; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D013068:Speech Production Measurement / Q000379:methods; D013070:Speech Therapy