Utility of Language Comprehension Tests for Unintelligible or Non-Speaking Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
Geytenbeek, J., Harlaar, L., et al. (2010).
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 52(12), e267-e277, 1098.
This systematic review investigates the utility of standardized language tests in non-speaking children, birth to 18-years of age, with severe cerebral palsy (CP).
Phelps-Stichting; Jack Rabbit Foundation (Netherlands)
1965-2008
Experimental studies
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<div>The authors found the Reynell Developmental Language Scales to have a restriction in use for this population because of object manipulation.</div>
<div>Limited evidence from one study could not supply sufficient or reliable information about the administration and utility of the <em>Preschool Language Scale</em> and <em>Test of Auditory Comprehension of Language</em> for children with severe cerebral palsy (p. e275).</div>
<div>"The findings of the review underline that the [Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised] PPVT-R is applicable in older children who are able to use direct selection methods and oral communication" (p. e275). This test needs adaptions when assessing younger children with severe mobility limitations and no or unintelligible speech or in children with intellectual disabilities.</div>
