Table 2.
Participant Characteristics by Age Groups and Gender
|
Age Group 1
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Age Group 2
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Age Group 3
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Age Group 4
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Age Group 5
|
Age Group 6
|
Age Group 7
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Range* | 24-27 | 28-30 | 31-35 | 36-41 | 42-47 | 48-53 | 54-60 | |||||||
| Gender | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female |
| N | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| Mean (SD) | ||||||||||||||
| Age* | 25.5 (1.1) |
25.3 (1.2) |
29.1 (0.8) |
28.9 (0.8) |
34 (1.6) |
34.2 (1.7) |
39.5 (1.9) |
38.8 (1.7) |
45.6 (1.8) |
44.6 (2) |
51.5 (1.9) |
51.2 (1.8) |
57.7 (1.8) |
57.5 (1.7) |
| SBIS ABVIQ (average = 10) |
11 (1.9) |
11.4 (2.1) |
9.5 (3.1) |
10.8 (3.3) |
10.3 (1.7) |
11 (2.8) |
10.6 (3.5) |
11.25 (2.9) |
9.4 (1.8) |
9.9 (1.8) |
11.2 (3.3) |
9.6 (2.7) |
9.7 (3.1) |
9.1 (2.3) |
| SBIS ABNVIQ (average = 10) |
9.34 (2.9) |
10.7 (4.7) |
8 (4.3) |
8.5 (3.9) |
10.92 (3.3) |
11.5 (2.6) |
10.9 (2.9) |
11 (2.8) |
10 (2.5) |
9.5 (2) |
9.5 (2.2) |
11.6 (4.4) |
10.5 (2.5) |
12.4 (3.8) |
| PLS Expressive Communication |
109 (19.6) |
116.9 (21.5) |
110.8 (20.5) |
123.1 (20.1) |
119.1 (12.5) |
117.2 (12.9) |
113.2 (19.7) |
127.5 (16.5) |
108.6 (8.9) |
115.6 (15.7) |
109.1 (11.6) |
113.5 (13.7) |
107.8 (10.2) |
113.9 (19) |
| PLS Auditory Comprehension |
111.4 (10.8) |
109.5 (15) |
107.3 (19) |
119.5 (13.4) |
116.7 (14.5) |
115.3 (10.3) |
108.8 (14.7) |
120.4 (11.6) |
110 (12) |
114.3 (13.8) |
107.2 (11.8) |
113.7 (11.4) |
114.6 (9.6) |
114.1 (16) |
| CASL Syntax Construction# |
103.5 (15.4) |
101 (12.5) |
96.8 (11.4) |
100 (16.3) |
106.6 (15.1) |
104.6 (15.2) |
102.9 (13.2) |
106 (21.6) |
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| CASL Pragmatic Judgment# |
99.1 (14.3) |
100.5 (11.1) |
99.9 (15.9) |
109.4 (14.7) |
109.7 (16.3) |
114.1 (14.8) |
107.3 (12.3) |
116 (24.3) |
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| VABS Expressive Language AE# |
32.36 (7.3) |
39 (12.9) |
36.42 (5.9) |
36.4 (10.3) |
50.8 (10.2) |
41.7 (12.3) |
54.6 (12.7) |
53.8 (6.7) |
52.2 (10.1) |
61.8 (8.5) |
64.6 (12.5) |
66.1 (11.9) |
62 (18.6) |
67.9 (16.3) |
*
Note. Age in months;
#
CASL is only administered to children from 36 months, and out of 180 children, 5 children whose Vineland data was not available were excluded; SBIS ABVIQ Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale Abbreviated Battery Verbal IQ (Verbal Knowledge), SBIS ABNVIQ Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale Abbreviated Battery nonverbal IQ (Nonverbal Fluid Reasoning), PLS Preschool Language Scale, CASL Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language, VABS Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, AE Age Equivalents.