Thesis (B.Sc)--University of Hong Kong, 2010."A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science (Speech and Hearing Sciences), The University of Hong Kong, June 30, 2010."Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-30).This study examined the screening accuracy of the Cantonese Early Identification Test for
Pre-primary Children (CEIT) in identifying Cantonese-speaking preschool children with
language impairment (LI). Nineteen children, aged between 5;01 and 5;06, from 2
kindergarten-cum-nurseries and an Early Education Training Centre, were administered the
CEIT and the HKCOLAS’s Cantonese Grammar subtest. The CEIT was found to have high
sensitivity (100%), fair specificity (77%), and modest LR+ (4.35) and LR- (0.23) values if
the “gold” standard for the child’s language status was determined by the Cantonese
Grammar subtest score. This finding provides further evidence that the CEIT is a potentially
useful language screening tool for preschool children in Hong Kong. Further research should
examine its screening accuracy with a larger and broader age group of children, and with the
use of current performance in objective measures as the “gold” standard of language status.published_or_final_versionSpeech and Hearing SciencesBachelorBachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Science
