Amanda is a speech and language therapist.When conducting an assessment on a child with speech or language concerns,she first records the average number of words in the child's typical sentence.She also uses this technique to monitor a child's language progress over time.Amanda is relying on:

A) subjective data.
B) biofeedback.
C) mean length of utterance.
D) the language acquisition device.

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chanceline mudesi · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  Amanda is using the technique of calculating the mean length of utterance (MLU), which is a measure of a child's grammatical development based on the average number of words in their typical sentence. This is an objective measure of language progress and is widely used in speech and language therapy assessments. Therefore, the correct choice is C- mean length of utterance.

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