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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2009 Jul 27;52(5):1189–1212. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/08-0047)

Table 5.

Group t-test and effect size data assessing the NRT and SRT tasks' ability to discriminate (a) speakers with typical language (TL) from speakers with expressive language involvement (ELI), (b) speakers with typical speech (TS) from speakers with Speech Delay (SD), and( c) speakers with TL-TS from speakers with TL-SD.

Measure;
Age group
Typical Language
Expresssive
Language Involvement
Effect Size a
Likelihood Ratios
Diagnostic
Accuracy
n M SD n M SD ES CI Pos. CI Neg. CI % CI
NRT
1 3;0–3;5 34 50.9 17.1 13 32.7 15.4 1.08 0.40/1.75 2.14 1.17/3.92 .455 .196/1.06 68.1* 52.7/80.5
2 3;6–3;11 18 68.9 12.4 22 50.1 17.5 1.20 0.52/1.87 4.64 1.61/13.3 .273 .123/.602 80.0* 63.9/90.4
3 4;0–4;5 35 66.1 15.4 13 53.6 10.2 0.87 0.21/1.53 2.20 1.20/4.05 .449 .194/1.04 68.8* 53.6/80.9
4 4;6+ 18 72.5 11.6 6 57.3 21.7 1.01 0.04/1.98 2.00 .843/4.75 .500 .153/1.64 66.7 44.7/83.6
ALL 105 62.8 17.0 54 47.5 17.9 0.88 0.54/1.22 2.12 1.52/2.94 .466 .311/.696 67.9* 60.0/75.0
SRT
1 3;0–3;5 34 65.9 17.1 13 44.0 18.3 1.23 0.53/1.94 2.32 1.29/4.16 .370 .135/1.01 69.6* 54.1/81.8
2 3;6–3;11 18 76.4 13.1 22 62.6 20.4 0.78 0.13/1.43 2.74 1.25/6.00 .330 .147/.739 74.4* 57.6/86.4
3 4;0–4;5 35 74.6 15.5 13 59.7 15.5 0.95 0.28/1.61 2.45 1.38/4.34 .337 .122/.932 70.8* 55.7/82.6
4 4;6+ 18 79.3 13.7 6 74.0 19.7 0.34 −0.59/1.27 1.00 .397/2.52 1.00 .403/2.48 50.0 29.6/70.4
ALL 105 72.9 16.0 54 58.9 20.4 0.79 0.45/1.14 2.08 1.51/2.85 .439 .284/.679 67.5* 59.5/74.6

Typical Speech Speech Delay Effect Size a Likelihood Ratios Diagnostic
Accuracy





n M SD n M SD ES CI Pos. CI Neg. CI % CI

NRT
1 3;0–3;5 16 59.7 14.5 30 39.4 16.0 1.29 0.63/1.95 2.93 1.22/7.04 .356 .189/.670 73.9* 58.6/85.2
2 3;6–3;11 20 66.4 14.7 20 50.5 18.2 0.95 0.30/1.60 4.00 1.62/9.87 .250 .102/.616 80.0* 63.9/90.4
3 4;0–4;5 19 74.9 12.2 29 54.8 11.2 1.71 1.04/2.38 3.60 1.47/8.82 .306 .156/.599 77.1* 62.3/87.5
4 4;6+ 8 80.1 6.9 16 63.0 15.9 1.20 0.29/2.12 3.00 .874/10.3 .333 .131/.845 75.0* 52.9/89.4
ALL 63 69.0 14.7 95 50.4 17.2 1.14 0.80/1.48 2.65 1.73/4.06 .389 .280/.542 72.2* 64.4/78.8
SRT
1 3;0–3;5 16 70.6 16.1 30 56.0 18.1 0.83 0.19/1.46 2.21 1.03/4.75 .451 .248/.821 68.9* 53.2/81.4
2 3;6–3;11 20 74.3 16.1 20 63.4 19.8 0.60 −0.05/1.24 2.28 1.09/4.76 .451 .223/.912 69.2* 52.3/82.5
3 4;0–4;5 19 77.8 13.9 29 65.9 16.9 0.74 0.14/1.34 2.18 1.08/4.42 .454 .251/.818 68.8* 53.6/80.9
4 4;6+ 8 89.0 8.4 16 72.5 14.8 1.21 0.30/2.13 3.00 .874/10.3 .333 .131/.845 75.0* 52.9/89.4
ALL 63 76.3 15.4 95 63.4 18.2 0.75 0.42/1.08 2.55 1.66/3.92 .427 .312/.584 70.5* 62.6/77.4

Typical Language-
Typical Speech
Typical Language-
Speech Delay
Effect Size a Likelihood Ratios Diagnostic
Accuracy





n M SD n M SD ES CI Pos. CI Neg. CI % CI

NRT
1 & 2 3;0–3;11 29 65.1 13.8 23 47.2 17.3 1.14 0.55/1.73 2.68 1.42/5.07 .360 .176/.735 73.1* 58.7/84.0
3 & 4 4;0–4;6+ 23 77.5 11.2 30 61.3 12.7 1.33 0.73/1.93 2.81 1.37/5.78 .361 .193/.673 73.6* 59.4/84.3
ALL 52 70.6 14.1 53 55.2 16.3 1.01 0.60/1.41 2.27 1.45/3.54 .436 .285/.668 69.5* 59.7/77.9
SRT
1 & 2 3;0–3;11 29 74.2 15.6 23 63.6 15.9 0.66 0.10/1.22 2.10 1.13/3.90 .504 .280/.910 67.3* 52.8/79.3
3 & 4 4;0–4;6+ 23 81.0 13.8 30 72.5 14.9 0.58 0.03/1.13 1.62 .908/2.88 .602 .356/1.02 62.3 47.9/74.9
ALL 52 77.2 15.1 53 68.7 15.9 0.55 0.16/0.94 1.59 1.08/2.34 .601 .409/.884 61.9* 51.9/71.1
a

Significant effect sizes are bolded.

*

Fisher exact test < .05.