Descriptive study on language assessment instruments published in Brazilian Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences journals
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https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-2724.2021v33i2p195-203Keywords:
Language tests, Diagnosis, Validation study, Speech-Language and Hearing SciencesAbstract
Purpose: to describe speech therapy instruments of oral language evaluation published in Brazilian periodicals, and to analyze the validation procedures used. Method: Casuistry: All volumes from the periodicals Audiology Communication Research (ACR), Revista CEFAC (CEFAC), Revista Distúrbios da Comunicação (DIC) and Communication Disorders and Sciences (CoDAS) published from January/2016 to July/2019. Publishing’s were selected from titles, abstracts and descriptors, to full text readings and then were categorized according to the following variables: periodical, volume/number, date, purpose (elaboration or translation/adaptation of oral language evaluation instruments), original language (in translation/adaptation cases), sample size and statistics techniques used (validity and reliability). Results: Most of the articles were intended for children and are intended to develop a new instrument. The predominance of studies that presented content validation is noteworthy; however, few performed the reliability test by alpha Cronbach. It was also found that only one study performed a sensitivity and specificity test and no study published in the studied period performed a predictive value calculation, likelihood ratio or ROC curve. Conclusion: the results indicate limitations in validation studies and suggest caution regarding the use of language assessment instruments, both in clinical activity and in research.
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