Language Tests

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Tests designed to assess language behavior and abilities. They include tests of vocabulary, comprehension, grammar and functional use of language, e.g., Development Sentence Scoring, Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Scale, Parsons Language Sample, Utah Test of Language Development, Michigan Language Inventory and Verbal Language Development Scale, Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, Northwestern Syntax Screening Test, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Ammons Full-Range Picture Vocabulary Test, and Assessment of Children's Language Comprehension.

Descriptor ID	D007807
MeSH Number(s)	F04.711.513.240
Concept/Terms	Language Tests Language Tests Language Test Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination Comprehensive Aphasia Test Comprehensive Aphasia Test Vocabulary Tests Vocabulary Tests Language Comprehension Tests Language Comprehension Tests Boston Naming Test Boston Naming Test Multilingual Aphasia Examination Multilingual Aphasia Examination

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Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities [F04]
Psychological Tests [F04.711]
Neuropsychological Tests [F04.711.513]
Language Tests [F04.711.513.240]

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2002	1	0	1
2003	0	1	1
2004	1	1	2
2005	0	1	1
2006	0	1	1
2008	0	2	2
2009	0	1	1
2010	1	1	2
2011	0	2	2
2012	2	0	2
2013	0	1	1
2014	0	4	4
2016	0	1	1
2017	0	1	1
2018	0	2	2
2019	0	2	2
2020	0	4	4
2021	0	2	2
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	1	1
2025	1	0	1

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Pham G, Choi-Tucci A, Do N, Ebert KD. Optimizing a Vietnamese Sentence Repetition Task Using Item Response Theory. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2025 May 06; 34(3):1176-1192.

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Pham GT. A Narrative Approach to Synthesizing Research on Vietnamese Bilingual and Monolingual Children. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2023 12 11; 66(12):4756-4770.

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Escobedo AG, Gallagher JF, Potapova I, Pham G, Pruitt-Lord S. Understanding (un)grammaticality in context: Evidence from young Spanish-English bilinguals over time. J Commun Disord. 2023 Jan-Feb; 101:106281.

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Payesteh B, Pham GT. Is There a Cognate Effect in Bilingual Children With Developmental Language Disorder? Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch. 2022 01 05; 53(1):213-221.

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Howard E, Irwin DJ, Rascovsky K, Nevler N, Shellikeri S, Tropea TF, Spindler M, Deik A, Chen-Plotkin A, Siderowf A, Dahodwala N, Weintraub D, Shaw LM, Trojanowski JQ, Vaishnavi SN, Wolk DA, Mechanic-Hamilton D, Morley JF, Duda JE, Grossman M, Cousins KAQ. Cognitive Profile and Markers of Alzheimer Disease-Type Pathology in Patients With Lewy Body Dementias. Neurology. 2021 04 06; 96(14):e1855-e1864.

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Dam Q, Pham G, Potapova I, Pruitt-Lord S. Grammatical Characteristics of Vietnamese and English in Developing Bilingual Children. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2020 08 04; 29(3):1212-1225.

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Wolfsgruber S, Kleineidam L, Guski J, Polcher A, Frommann I, Roeske S, Spruth EJ, Franke C, Priller J, Kilimann I, Teipel S, Buerger K, Janowitz D, Laske C, Buchmann M, Peters O, Menne F, Fuentes Casan M, Wiltfang J, Bartels C, D?zel E, Metzger C, Glanz W, Thelen M, Spottke A, Ramirez A, Kofler B, Flie?bach K, Schneider A, Heneka MT, Brosseron F, Meiberth D, Jessen F, Wagner M. Minor neuropsychological deficits in patients with subjective cognitive decline. Neurology. 2020 09 01; 95(9):e1134-e1143.

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Dam Q, Pham GT, Pruitt-Lord S, Limon-Hernandez J, Goodwiler C. Capitalizing on cross-language similarities in intervention with bilingual children. J Commun Disord. 2020 Sep - Oct; 87:106004.

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Pham G, Ebert KD. Diagnostic Accuracy of Sentence Repetition and Nonword Repetition for Developmental Language Disorder in Vietnamese. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2020 05 22; 63(5):1521-1536.

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Ebert KD, Pham G. Including Nonlinguistic Processing Tasks in the Identification of Developmental Language Disorder. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2019 08 09; 28(3):932-944.

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