LinguiSystems Articulation Test–Normative Update
Ages 3-0 through 21-11
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We Accept Purchase Orders!| Author(s) | Linda Bowers, Rosemary Huisingh |
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| Topic | Articulation, Tests |
| Brand | LinguiSystems |
The LinguiSystems Articulation Test–Normative Update (LAT-NU) identifies children and young adults with abnormal articulation patterns. It ensures a thorough examination of all sounds and blends by presenting several sounds more than one time in the same position. LAT-NU tests all positions at the word level.
The test allows examiners to rate the severity of the speech-sound disorder, rate the intelligibility of speech, and evaluate stimulability. The test also allows examiners to screen for childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), a neurological disorder that impairs the precision and consistency of speech.
New Features in the Normative Update
Description of the Test
The test provides a comprehensive Articulation Proficiency Score, which represents an individual’s overall speech sound ability. The Examiner Record Booklet provides space to record speech-sound errors by substitution, omission, or distortion.
The LAT-NU screens for CAS through the evaluation of the individual’s sequential productions of twelve multisyllabic words and assesses intelligibility and stimulability. Administrators can rate intelligibility of speech by noting the type and frequency of errors in a picture description task. Administrators can also assess stimulability immediately after the client makes an incorrect production and determine if the individual is able to imitate a correct production.
The Examiner Record Booklet also provides a two-page summary allowing examiners to visually analyze the individual’s speech errors by word location, type, and stimulability.The Speech Sound Error Analysis section All phonemes tested in the LAT-NU are included in the.
The Examiner’s Manual discusses the test’s theoretical and research-based foundation, item development, standardization, administration and scoring procedures, normative tables, and guidelines for using the test’s results. Reliability and validity studies conducted include typically developing students and students previously been diagnosed with an articulation disorder.
The average coefficient alpha is .92 for the Articulation Proficiency Score. New validity studies demonstrate the test’s ability to differentiate students with an articulation disorder from typically developing students. The results demonstrate that an Articulation Proficiency cutoff score of 94 resulted in a sensitivity of .77, a specificity of .85, and a receiver operating characteristic/area under the curve of .89.
COMPLETE TEST INCLUDES: Examiner’s Manual, Picture Book, and 25 Examiner Record Booklets, all in a sturdy storage box. (©2018)
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