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. 1981 Feb 7;282(6262):449–451. doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6262.449

A trial speech screening test for school entrants.

M J Rigby, I Chesham
PMCID: PMC1504197  PMID: 6780069

Abstract

An objective, low-cost means of screening school entrant children for speech disorders was designed, and speech therapists evaluated the doctor's screening results. In a field trial comprising 438 children, an accuracy rate of 92% was reported, with a referral rate by doctors of 14%, and speech therapists subsequently observing or treating 10%. The trial showed also the effects on accuracy rates of setting different pass levels.

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