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Published in final edited form as: Res Dev Disabil. 2017 Nov 28;72:202–213. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2017.11.010

Table 2.

Vocalization and Language Measures of Included Reports

Reference Vocalization measures Language measures
Independent Samples
Cardona (2004) CSBS: Sounds Subscale
CSBS: Speech Composite
Reynell ExpressiveE & Vineland ExpressiveE
Kim (2008) Onset of Babbling Onset of First WordsE
Paul et al. (2008) CSBS-DP: Consonant Inventory Vineland Expressive (“good” or “poor”)E
Sheinkopf et al. (2000) Canonical babbling, atypical vocalizations, and utterance count during ESCS Reynell ExpressiveE
Sigman & Ungerer (1984) Uzgjris-Hunt Ordinal Scales of Psychological Development: Vocal imitation Clinical assessmentE
Talbott (2014) Home video diary: Vowel and consonant-vowel vocalizations Mullen ExpressiveE
Yoder et al. (2013) LENA Vocal Development Age Equivalency LDSE & CDIE
Shared Samples
FIRST WORDS® Project
Book (2009) SORF-Home: Communicative vocalizations with consonants Mullen Verbal DQT
McCoy (2013) SORF-Clinic and SORF-Home: Lack of vocalizations with consonants CSBS WordsE and Mullen Verbal DQT
Plumb (2008) Transcribable and non-transcribable vocalizations during CSBS Mullen Verbal DQT
Plumb & Wetherby (2013) Total and communicative vocalizations during CSBS-DP Mullen Verbal DQT
Shumway & Wetherby (2009) CSBS-DP: Proportion of behavior regulation and joint attention acts with a vocalization Mullen Verbal DQT
Swineford (2011) SORF-Home: Communicative vocalizations with consonants CSBS-DP WordsE & Mullen Verbal DQT
Wetherby et al. (2007) CSBS-DP: Consonant inventory ADOS CommunicationT, CSBS-DP WordsE & Mullen Verbal DQT
Sample from Yoder, Watson, et al. (2015)
Woynaroski (2014) Canonical syllables and consonants during CSBS-DP and SSCS
Multiple LENA variables
MB-CDI ExpressiveE
Woynaroski et al. (2017) Canonical syllables and consonants during CSBS-DP and SSCS
Multiple LENA variables
MB-CDI ExpressiveE
Yoder, Watson, et al. (2015) CSBS-DP: Consonant inventory MB-CDI ExpressiveE, CSBS-DP WordsE & UCS NDWE
Yoder, Woynaroski, et al. (2015) Multiple LENA variables MB-CDI ExpressiveE
Yoder et al. (2016) Various metrics for canonical syllables and consonant inventory MB-CDI ExpressiveE, CSBS-DP WordsE & UCS NDWE

Note. ADOS = Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (Lord et al., 2000); CDI = Child Development Inventory (Ireton, 1992); CSBS = Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales (Wetherby & Prizant, 1993); CSBS-DP = Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales–Developmental Profile (Wetherby & Prizant, 2002); Mullen Verbal DQ = Mullen Verbal Developmental Quotient (Mullen, 1995);

E

= Expressive language only measure; ESCS = Early Social Communication Scales (Mundy et al., 2003); LENA = Language ENvironment Analysis; LDS = Language Development Survey (Rescorla, 1989); MB-CDI = MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories–Words and Gestures Form (Fenson et al., 2007); NDW = Number of different words; Reynell = Reynell Developmental Language Scales (Reynell & Gruber, 1990); SORF = Systematic Observation of Red Flags (Dow, Guthrie, Stronach, & Wetherby, 2016); SSCS = Semi-structured communication sample;

T

= Total language measure; UCS = Unstructured communication sample; Vineland = Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales–Survey Edition (Sparrow, Balla, & Cicchetti, 1984).