PMID- 27029695 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161230 LR - 20161231 IS - 0974-7559 (Electronic) IS - 0019-6061 (Linking) VI - 53 IP - 3 DP - 2016 Mar TI - Language Evaluation Scale Trivandrum (LEST 3-6 years) Development and Validation. PG - 257-8 AB - Language Evaluation Scale Trivandrum (LEST:3-6 years) with 31-items, was validated against extended REELS with a community sample-606 children (3-6yrs). One item and two item delay as LEST delay showed a sensitivity of (81%, 47%); specificity (68%, 94%), PPV (12%, 31%); NPV (98%, 97%) and accuracy (68.5%, 92%), respectively. LEST (3-6years) is a simple, valid, community screening tool. FAU - Nair, M K C AU - Nair MK AD - Child Development Centre and #Clinical Epidemiology Resource and Training Centre, Medical College Campus, Thiruvananthapuram, India. cdcmkc@gmail.com. FAU - Harikumaran, G S Nair AU - Harikumaran GS FAU - George, Babu AU - George B FAU - Mini, A O AU - Mini AO LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - India TA - Indian Pediatr JT - Indian pediatrics JID - 2985062R SB - IM MH - Child MH - Child Development/*classification/*physiology MH - Child, Preschool MH - Humans MH - India MH - *Language Development MH - Language Tests/*standards MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Sensitivity and Specificity EDAT- 2016/04/01 06:00 MHDA- 2016/12/31 06:00 CRDT- 2016/04/01 06:00 PHST- 2016/04/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/04/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/12/31 06:00 [medline] PST - ppublish SO - Indian Pediatr. 2016 Mar;53(3):257-8.