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  • Speech and Language Pathology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Telehealth

Background:

  • Remote data collection is increasingly utilized in child development research.
  • Validating remote methods for language assessment is crucial for accessibility and scalability.
  • Distinguishing language delays in toddlers requires reliable and accessible assessment tools.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the efficacy of remote language sample collection in three-year-olds.
  • To compare language measures from remote samples with in-person samples.
  • To determine if remote samples can differentiate typically developing children from those with language delays.

Main Methods:

  • Characterized language samples from 48 typically developing three-year-olds using a remote picture description task via Zoom.
  • Compared remote samples with in-person language samples from age-matched typically developing and language-delayed children (Child Language Data Exchange System).
  • Analyzed lexical and grammatical measures between remote and in-person samples.

Main Results:

  • Language samples collected remotely showed numerically dissimilar lexical and grammatical measures compared to in-person samples.
  • Despite numerical differences, remote samples consistently distinguished between toddlers with and without language delays.
  • Remote assessment via Zoom proved effective in identifying language differences.

Conclusions:

  • Remote language sample collection is a viable method for assessing three-year-olds.
  • This approach can reliably identify children with and without language delays, supporting early intervention.
  • Telehealth methods offer a practical alternative for language sample collection in research and clinical settings.