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Impact and implications of word-finding difficulties in adolescents on listening comprehension assessment

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Impact and implications of word-finding difficulties in adolescents on listening comprehension assessment
Abstract
This investigation examined the listening comprehension (LC) performance of two groups of adolescent struggling readers, one group with word-finding difficulties (WFD) and one with no word-finding difficulties (NWFD). Of interest was whether the expressive language difficulties of the WFD group would interfere with their success on a LC assessment that requires oral responses to complete. Findings indicated that whereas the performance of the WFD group was comparable with the NWFD group when LC was measured using a multiple-choice response format, their performance was significantly poorer when LC was measured using an open-ended verbal response format, suggesting that learners' WFD could interfere with their success on such assessments. Practical implications of these findings for the assessment of LC as part of adolescents' reading evaluations are discussed. © 2010 Hammill Institute on Disabilities.
Publication
Communication Disorders Quarterly
Date
2010
Volume
31
Issue
3
Pages
155-161
Journal Abbr
Commun. Disord. Q.
Citation Key
pop00349
ISSN
15257401 (ISSN)
Language
English
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Newman, D. B. (2010). Impact and implications of word-finding difficulties in adolescents on listening comprehension assessment. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 31(3), 155–161. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525740109337160