Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts' (SALT) transcribing method and Narrative Assessment Protocol (NAP) online coding method: are they interchangeable?
Maryam Arabpour, Mahbubeh Nakhshab, Stephen Humphry, Yalda Kazemi
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Abstract
Purpose: A narrative is a reliable tool for assessing the child's oral language. There are various narrative assessment tools. Most of them follow the Language Sample Analysis method such as Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT) which is time-consuming and needs extensive training. The Narrative Assessment Protocol (NAP) offers a free and faster method of assessment to administer. The current study compared the NAP online and offline coding methods.Methods: Fifty-two kindergarteners (40-66 months old) were voice-recorded while generating a story. A transcriber coded the samples using both online and offline methods. Then, relative and absolute reliabilities were measured.Results: The results indicate a high correlation between the NAP offline and online scoring methods. Aside from a few items, both methods showed good correlations with each other.Conclusions: The NAP online coding method can be used as an alternative to an offline transcription to obtain a quick picture of a child's microstructure measures in narration.
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Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology is an amalgamation of the former journals Scandinavian Journal of Logopedics & Phoniatrics and VOICE.
The intention is to cover topics related to speech, language and voice pathology as well as normal voice function in its different aspects. The Journal covers a wide range of topics, including:
Phonation and laryngeal physiology
Speech and language development
Voice disorders
Clinical measurements of speech, language and voice
Professional voice including singing
Bilingualism
Cleft lip and palate
Dyslexia
Fluency disorders
Neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics
Aphasia
Motor speech disorders
Voice rehabilitation of laryngectomees
Augmentative and alternative communication
Acoustics
Dysphagia
Publications may have the form of original articles, i.e. theoretical or methodological studies or empirical reports, of reviews of books and dissertations, as well as of short reports, of minor or ongoing studies or short notes, commenting on earlier published material. Submitted papers will be evaluated by referees with relevant expertise.