PEDIATRICS Vol. 83 No. 2 February 1989, pp. 284-288
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Early Language Milestone Scale and Language Screening of Young Children

Dewey Walker MD1, Susan Gugenheim MS1, Marion P. Downs DHS1, and Jerry L. Northern PhD1

1 The Department of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver

The purpose of this project was to evaluate the use of the Early Language Milestone Scale (ELM) in screening language skills in young children. In this study, 657 children from birth to 36 months of age were evaluated with the ELM. The overall failure rate was 8%. Children who failed the ELM screening were evaluated with the Sequenced Inventory of Communication Development (SICD) that was used as the "gold standard" for diagnosing language disorders. In the 12-month age and younger group, there was poor agreement between the ELM Scale and the SICD. For infants 13 to 24 months of age, there was moderately good agreement between the SICD and a second ELM that was administered 1 to 2 weeks after the initial screening. In the 25- to 36-month age group, there was excellent agreement between the SICD and a rescreen ELM. The agreement between the two instruments indicated that the rescreen ELM correctly classified 79% of the 13- to 24-month-old infants and 89% of the 25- to 36-month-old toddlers.

Key Words: Early Language Milestone Scale • language • screening

Submitted on August 11, 1987
Accepted on March 2, 1988




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