Abstract
Purpose: This study focused on the preliminary concurrent validity between the CASP and CASP-S to answer the following questions: (1) Do obtained scores on the CASP-S correlate to the CASP? (2) Do the two assessments categorize children with and without hearing loss similarly in terms of vocal development?
Method: Eighteen Spanish-English bilingual children (12-43 months) participated in this study; 12 had typical hearing; 6 had severe-to-profound hearing loss. During the study, the clinician modeled specified vocalizations over Zoom for the parent to repeat, then the parent imitated the vocalization for the child to repeat. Approximately a week later, the CASP-S was administered a second time.
Results: The results of this study yielded strong evidence for concurrent reliability, r = .942, pr = .803, p < 0.001.
Conclusion: The CASP-S was found to be a reliable and valid measure to assess early vocal development in Spanish-speaking children with hearing loss.
Recommended Citation
Alfano, A. R. & Li, T. (2023). Preliminary Validation of the Conditioned Assessment of Speech Production in Spanish. Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention, 8(2), 9-15.
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