Table 1.
Most frequently used tests employed to assess individual speech, language and communication domains shown as percentage of SLTs responding to each domain
| Motor speech skills | Articulation or | Expressive language | Receptive language | Receptive language | Communication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| or intelligibility | phonology | (syntax) | (vocabulary and | and interaction | |
| semantics) | |||||
| Observation | Observation | Observation | Observation | Own assessment schedule | Observation |
| 182/210, 86.7% | 191/203, 94.1% | 192/205, 93.7% | 222/224, 99.1% | 120/167, 71.9% | 203/207, 98.1% |
| Own assessment schedule | South Tyneside Assessment of Phonology (STAP)5 | Action Picture Test (RAPT)9 | Derbyshire Language Scheme (DLS)18 | British Picture Vocabulary Scales20 | Own assessment schedule |
| 82/168, 48.8% | 157/ 209, 75.1% | 170/209, 81.3% | 175/210, 86.3% | 143/206, 69.4% | 109/163, 66.9% |
| Frenchay Dysarthria Assessment1 | Own assessment schedule | Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF)10 | Own assessment schedule | Bracken Basic Concept Scale21 | Preverbal Communication Scales (PVCS)22 |
| 25/177, 14.1% | 102/154, 66.2% | 134/199, 67.3% | 145/177, 81.9% | 51/175, 29.1% | 119/194, 61.3% |
| Published voice assessment protocols (e.g. VAP2) | Evaluation of Articulation and Phonology (DEAP)6 | South Tyneside Assessment of Syntactic Structures (STASS)11 | Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF)10 | Boehm Test of Basic Concepts22 | Children's Communication Checklist23 |
| 14/170, 8.2% | 61/177, 34.5% | 127/198, 64.1% | 130/197, 66.0% | 49/174, 28.2% | 85/178, 47.8% |
| Robertson3 | CLEAR Phonology Screening Assessment7 | Own assessment schedule | Test of Reception of Grammar (TROG)19 | Observation | Other published protocol |
| 11/170, 6.5% | 34/221, 15.3% | 92/153, 60.1% | 123/191, 64.4% | 24/164, 14.6% | 22/104, 21.2% |
| Nuffield Dyspraxia Programme Assessment Tool4 | Goldman–Fristoe Test of Articulation8' | Renfrew Bus Story12 | Reynell Developmental Language Scales15 | Other published protocol | Number of other published assessments = 4 (including one standardized test) |
| 12/221, 5% | 18/161, 11.2% | 88/181, 48.6% | 90/181, 49.7% | 11/102, 10.8% | |
| Other published protocol | Other published protocol | Preschool Language Scales13 | PreSchool Language Scales (PLS3/4)13 | Number of other published assessments = 8 (including three standardized tests) | |
| 23/108, 21.3% | 44/114, 38.6% | 80/172, 46.5% | 83/169, 49.1% | ||
| Number of other published assessments = 5 (including one standardized test) | Number of other published assessments = 8 (including one standardized test) | Assessment of Comprehension and Expression (ACE)14 | Assessment of Comprehension and Expression (ACE)14 | ||
| 68/175, 38.9% | 62/161, 38.5% | ||||
| Reynell Developmental Language Scales15 | Other published protocol | ||||
| 65/175, 37.1% | 40/108, 37% | ||||
| Expressive Vocabulary Test16 | Number of other published assessments = 16 (including seven standardized tests) | ||||
| 36/157, 22.9% | |||||
| Expression Reception and Recall of Narrative Instrument (ERRNI)17 | |||||
| 12/152, 7.9% | |||||
| Other published protocol | |||||
| 13/100, 13.0% | |||||
| Number of other published assessments = 7 (including three standardized tests) |
Note
1, Enderby and Palmer (2007); 2, Pindzola (1987); 3, Robertson (1987); 4, Nuffield Hearing and Speech Centre/Miracle Factory (2004); 5 = Armstrong and Ainley (2012a); 6, Dodd et al. (2006); 7, Keeling and Keeling (2006); 8, Goldman and Fristoe (2000); 9, Renfrew and Hancox (1997); 10, Seme et al. (2004); 11 = Armstrong and Ainley (2012b); 12, Renfrew (2010); 13, Zimmerman et al. (2011); 14, Adams et al. (2001); 15, Edwards et al. (2011); 16, Williams (2007); 17, Bishop (2004); 18, Knowles and Masidlover (1982); 19 = Bishop (2003a); 20, Dunn et al. (2009); 21, Bracken (2006); 22, Kiernan and Reid (1987); and 23 = Bishop (2003b).