The use of the Teddy talk test to determine speech and language development in children aged 4 to 5 years

Skubic, Darija (author), Brodar, Jona (author)

Speech therapy uses a combination of approaches to assess speech and language, including analysis of spontaneous speech, use of standardized scales and assessment by the child’s parents and/or preschool teachers. In this paper, we present the Teddy Talk Test. Using a sample of sixteen children aged 4 to 5 years, we examined whether the test provided representative data on child language development. The parent questionnaire included information on the parents’ education, the parents’ native language, the child’s gender and the language the parents speak with their child. It was found that the Teddy Talk Test has the characteristics of screening tests for speech and language: it is time-efficient, it covers receptive and expressive language tasks, and it allows for rapid assessment of speech and language in large numbers of children. However, since the Teddy Talk Test has not yet been evaluated, we do not know its value regarding sensitivity, specificity and predictive validity.

• Language: English
• Keywords: screening test, speech and language testing, Teddy Talk Test
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: PEF - Faculty of Education
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 367-377
• Numbering: Vol. 13, iss. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-151714
• UDC: 373.2.016:81
• ISSN on article: 2165-8714
• DOI: 10.12973/eu-jer.13.1.367
• COBISS.SI-ID: 167920643
• Publication date in RUL: 18.10.2023

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: European journal of educational research
• Publisher: Eurasian Society of Educational Research
• ISSN: 2165-8714
• COBISS.SI-ID: 19227400

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: presejalni test, testiranje govora in jezika, test Teddy Talk