Table 1. .
Participant demographics and assessment scores for adults with developmental language disorder (DLD) and adults with typical language development (TD).
| Group | DLD (n = 23) | TD (n = 27) | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (range) | 22.6 ± 4.8 (18–38) | 21.2 ± 3.4 (18–32) | t(39.3) = 1.2, p = 0.24 |
| Gender | 4 men | 5 men | Fisher’s exact, p = 0.85 |
| 1 nonbinary person | 22 women | ||
| 18 women | |||
| College Attended (n) | 22 (96%) | 27 (100%) | Fisher’s exact, p = 0.46 |
| Fidler Score | 1.18 ± 0.8 | −1.44 ± 0.5 | t(34.4) = 13.6, p < 0.001 |
| TILLS Identification Core Score | 94.5 ± 14.2 | 113.5 ± 6.6 | t(29.9) = −5.9, p < 0.001 |
| TILLS Sentence / Discourse Composite Score | 94.0 ± 8.0 | 108.1 ± 10.7 | t(47.3) = −5.3, p < 0.001 |
| WASI-II Block Design | 54.5 ± 8.6 | 57.7 ± 9.0 | t(47.3) = −1.3, p = 0.20 |
| WASI-II Matrix Reasoning | 52.0 ± 8.9 (n = 22) | 55.7 ± 9.3 | t(44.7) = −1.4, p = 0.17 |
Note. Values are given for the mean ± standard deviation as standard scores for the TILLS composites and T-Scores for the WASI-II subtests. Values in bold indicate a significant difference between the DLD and TD groups. TILLS = Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills (Nelson et al., 2016); WASI-II = Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence–Second Edition (Wechsler, 2018).