Screening 3-year-olds for language delay using selected parent-report measures: The jury is still outFootnote1

¹ Abstracted from: van Agt, H. M. E., van der Stege, H. A., de Ridder-Sluiter, J. G., & de Koning, H. J. (2007). Detecting language problems: Accuracy of five language screening instruments in preschool children. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 49, 117–122.

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