PMID- 25109679
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20161213
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 0973-7693 (Electronic)
IS  - 0019-5456 (Linking)
VI  - 81 Suppl 2
DP  - 2014 Dec
TI  - CDC Kerala 6: Validation of Language Evaluation Scale Trivandrum (0-3 y) against 
      Receptive Expressive Emergent Language Scale in a developmental evaluation clinic 
      population.
PG  - S99-101
LID - 10.1007/s12098-014-1502-8 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To validate Language Evaluation Scale Trivandrum (LEST) 0-3 y against 
      the reference standard, Receptive Expressive Emergent Language Scale (REELS) in a 
      population of children attending CDC developmental evaluation clinic 0-3 y. 
      METHODS: All the children clinically diagnosed as having speech and language 
      problem in the developmental evaluation clinic of CDC Kerala over a period of 3 y 
      were assessed using LEST (0-3) by trained developmental therapist and REELS by a 
      speech therapist, both blind to the results of each other. RESULTS: Out of a 
      total of 761 children between 0-3 y diagnosed as having speech problems by a 
      Developmental Pediatrician in the developmental evaluation clinic (0-3 y) of CDC 
      Kerala, both LEST and REELS could be administered among 679 children. The 
      screening tool LEST 0-3 had a high sensitivity (84.4%), specificity (80.3%), 
      Positive Predictive Value (PPV) (91.5%), Negative Predictive Value (NPV) (67.1%) 
      and accuracy (83.2%) against the reference standard REELS. CONCLUSIONS: The 
      observation of this study that LEST 0-3 had a high sensitivity, specificity and 
      accuracy against REELS, suggest that in a developmental/speech evaluation clinic 
      LEST could be effectively used in resource poor settings.
FAU - Nair, M K C
AU  - Nair MK
AD  - Child Development Centre, Thiruvananthapuram Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, 
      695011, Kerala, India, cdcmkc@gmail.com.
FAU - Mini, A O
AU  - Mini AO
FAU - Bhaskaran, Deepa
AU  - Bhaskaran D
FAU - Harikumaran Nair, G S
AU  - Harikumaran Nair GS
FAU - George, Babu
AU  - George B
FAU - Leena, M L
AU  - Leena ML
FAU - Russell, Paul Swamidhas Sudhakar
AU  - Russell PS
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20140812
PL  - India
TA  - Indian J Pediatr
JT  - Indian journal of pediatrics
JID - 0417442
SB  - IM
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Language Development Disorders/*diagnosis
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
EDAT- 2014/08/12 06:00
MHDA- 2016/12/15 06:00
CRDT- 2014/08/12 06:00
PHST- 2014/03/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/05/23 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/08/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/08/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/12/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s12098-014-1502-8 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Indian J Pediatr. 2014 Dec;81 Suppl 2:S99-101. doi: 10.1007/s12098-014-1502-8. 
      Epub 2014 Aug 12.