[Validated diagnostics for dysgrammatism].
BACKGROUND
Non-standardized procedures are used to evaluate, in particular, grammatical performance in most German institutions performing diagnostic procedures on children with impaired speech and language development. This makes a comparison of results difficult.


METHODS
We studied 181 boys and 72 girls aged between 5 and 6 years using four subtests of IDIS additionally to the routine procedure. Results were compared to the "degree of dysgrammatism" determined from the traditional evaluation based on expert rating.


RESULTS
The new procedure is able to divide the children into groups with normal speech and language ability, with deficits accessible to a traditional logopedic treatment, and with severe speech and language impairment that necessitates intensive treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
The proposed tests allow an accurate evaluation of grammatical performance instead of subjective estimates.
Keilmann
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Klinik und Poliklinik für HNO und Kommunikationsstörungen der Universität Mainz. keilmann@kommunikation.klinik.uni-mainz.de
Schöler
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D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013068:Speech Production Measurement / Q000379:methods*