Psychiatry and Psychology

Language Tests

Tests designed to assess language behavior and abilities. They include tests of vocabulary, comprehension, grammar and functional use of language, e.g., Development Sentence Scoring, Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Scale, Parsons Language Sample, Utah Test of Language Development, Michigan Language Inventory and Verbal Language Development Scale, Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, Northwestern Syntax Screening Test, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Ammons Full-Range Picture Vocabulary Test, and Assessment of Children's Language Comprehension.

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Tests designed to assess language behavior and abilities. They include tests of vocabulary, comprehension, grammar and functional use of language, e.g., Development Sentence Scoring, Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Scale, Parsons Language Sample, Utah Test of Language Development, Michigan Language Inventory and Verbal Language Development Scale, Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, Northwestern Syntax Screening Test, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Ammons Full-Range Picture Vocabulary Test, and Assessment of Children's Language Comprehension.

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  • Language Test
  • Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination
  • Boston Naming Test
  • Comprehensive Aphasia Test
  • Language Comprehension Tests
  • Multilingual Aphasia Examination
  • Vocabulary Tests

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  • Language (1966-1978)
  • Language Development (1968-1978)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Language Tests. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007807. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007807
  2. Language Tests. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69942561