TABLE 2.
Eight questions in the PLCQ in both clinical conditions.
| Questions in PLCQ (n = 680) | DLD | TLD | ES | P-value |
| 1. Are you concerned about the way your child talks? | 139 (75%) | 183 (37%) | 0.34M | < 0.001 |
| 2. Do other people have difficulty understanding your child? | 120 (65%) | 94 (19%) | 0.44M | < 0.001 |
| 3. Does your child talk as well as other children of the same age? | 105 (57%) | 180 (36%) | 0.18S | < 0.001 |
| 4. Does your child speak “funny” or “weird?” | 90 (49%) | 101 (20%) | 0.28S | < 0.001 |
| 5. Has a family member/teacher commented that your child talks little or talks poorly? | 118 (64%) | 92 (19%) | 0.44M | < 0.001 |
| 6. Does your child understand most of what is said to him/her? | 69 (37%) | 147 (30%) | 0.07N | 0.058 |
| 7. Do you have to repeat what you say to your child more than to other children of the same age? | 75 (41%) | 80 (16%) | 0.26S | < 0.001 |
| 8. Compared to other children of the same age, does your child have difficulties understanding questions? | 61 (33%) | 47 (9%) | 0.29S | < 0.001 |
Developmental language disorderDLD and typical language developmentTLD: sample size of both clinical groups, respectively. Data were summarized by the number of cases (percentage). ES, effect size.