Table 3.
Category | Description | Example for target word cat, interfering word bed |
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Off-Task | No response, talking during the experimental trial | |
Disfluency | Hesitation, false start | [k] [kæt] |
Task-Related Error | Child says the interfering word rather than the picture’s name, or says a different target word | “bed,” “hat” |
Correct Responses | Child says the target word. Children’s habitual phonological errors were counted as correct | “cat”, [tæt], [gæt] |
Phonological Errors Only | The child says the target word with a non-habitual phonological error | [tæt], [gæt] |