Spontaneous Language Scores as Percentages of Total Utterances, ASD-HV
| Visit 1 | Visit 2 | Visit 3 | Visit 4 | Visit 5 | Visit 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| MLUa | 1.91 (0.72) | 2.68* (1.24) | 2.75 (0.86) | 3.05 (0.98) | 2.96 (0.92) | 2.93 (0.65) |
| Total utterancesa | 159.50** (34.46) | 157.12 (44.57) | 227.75 (79.03) | 197.25 (45.53) | 222.25 (86.45) | 227.62 (61.73) |
| Nouns | 47.08 (15.26) | 49.21 (25.61) | 43.55 (11.18) | 48.15 (16.64) | 39.50 (15.20) | 37.56 (9.03) |
| Verbs | 36.21* (27.61) | 58.74** (30.48) | 52.98 (20.06) | 59.98 (27.02) | 59.75 (27.75) | 58.49 (18.23) |
| WhIPSyna | 1.37 (1.59) | 3.37 (2.32) | 3.75 (2.81) | 5.12 (2.99) | 5.12 (3.98) | 6.50 (3.29) |
| Brown’s 14 Morphemes | ||||||
| Progressive | 1.96 (2.34) | 2.53 (2.49) | 3.07 (2.41) | 6.00 (6.72) | 6.42 (7.17) | 5.21 (3.72) |
| In | 1.02 (1.02) | 2.76 (2.46) | 2.79 (2.43) | 2.97 (2.27) | 3.21 (1.89) | 1.57 (1.91) |
| On | 0.51 (1.04) | 0.99 (1.60) | 1.65 (2.05) | 2.01 (1.55) | 1.87 (1.39) | 2.01* (1.92) |
| Plural | 8.61** (7.04) | 2.03 (1.72) | 6.16 (3.82) | 7.01* (2.09) | 5.09 (3.51) | 5.09 (1.23) |
| Past irregular | 0.32 (0.48) | 1.32 (1.77) | 2.54 (1.84) | 1.38 (1.55) | 2.29 (2.39) | 2.15 (1.53) |
| Possessives | 0.58 (1.14) | 0.72 (1.22) | 0.31 (0.52) | 0.32 (0.90) | 0.44 (0.48) | 0.45 (0.77) |
| Uncontractible copula | 0.46 (0.84) | 1.55 (1.81) | 1.72 (1.55) | 2.94 (3.10) | 2.86 (3.33) | 2.46 (1.65) |
| Articles | 5.75 (5.95) | 21.41 (19.92) | 17.59* (10.25) | 22.98** (8.89) | 18.55 (8.93) | 15.80 (6.19) |
| Past regular | 0.28 (0.44) | 0.53* (0.55) | 1.55* (1.33) | 1.03 (1.63) | 1.98 (2.62) | 1.46 (1.23) |
| 3rd person singular (-s) | 0.50 (0.77) | 0.94 (1.09) | 1.30 (1.68) | 1.93 (1.99) | 2.41 (2.12) | 1.70 (2.06) |
| 3rd person irregular (-s) | 0.15 (0.43) | 0.35 (0.65) | 0.76 (1.50) | 0.70 (1.17) | 1.16 (2.02) | 0.66 (0.55) |
| Uncontractible auxiliary | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.14 (0.27) | 0.74 (1.09) | 0.59 (0.66) | 1.14 (1.74) | 0.87 (1.22) |
| Contractible copula | 3.61 (5.25) | 5.96 (4.41) | 7.44 (4.04) | 8.21 (5.19) | 7.07 (6.32) | 6.37 (3.92) |
| Contractible auxiliary | 0.72 (1.46) | 3.46* (2.80) | 3.90 (3.45) | 5.65 (5.52) | 4.97 (5.73) | 5.25 (4.51) |
a
Represent actual scores
*
Shows significant differences between TD and ASD-HV groups. All significant differences show where ASD-HV group produced significantly more than the TD group. * <.05,
**
<.01.