Table 2.
Means and standard deviations for narrative structure and language outcome measures by elicitation format for TD and PL children
Cartoon | Audio | Audio Visual | Audio Visual + Gesture |
Average | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Comprehension questions |
TD | 2.03 (.76) | 2.48 (.70) | 2.53 (.61) | 2.45 (.72) | 2.43 (.71) |
PL | 2.03 (.86) | 2.24 (.82) | 2 (.89) | 2.18 (.81) | 2.11 (.84) | |
Narrative structure score |
TD | 3.65 (1.74) | 3.56 (1.86) | 3.70 (1.88) | 4.31 (1.74) | 3.81 (1.83) |
PL | 2.58 (1.63) | 3.00 (1.83) | 2.89 (1.91) | 3.56 (1.85) | 3.00 (1.82) | |
Clauses | TD | 7.15 (3.57) | 6.80 (3.69) | 7.14 (3.68) | 7.12 (3.59) | 7.05 (3.63) |
PL | 5.19 (2.85) | 4.82 (2.58) | 5.37 (2.92) | 5.24 (2.81) | 5.16 (2.77) | |
Word types | TD | 26.79 (9.12) | 28.45 (10.51) | 30.50 (11.59) | 29.74 (10.47) | 28.87 (10.52) |
PL | 19.81 (6.53) | 21.15 (9.25) | 22.77 (10.32) | 23.21 (9.64) | 21.71 (9.03) |