The Staggered Spondaic Word Test: Performance of Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 55-62

  Riccio, Cynthia A ^a   Hynd, George W ^b   Cohen, Morris J ^c   Molt, Lawrence ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit; Auditory linguistic abilities; Auditory measures; Auditory processing; Central auditory function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003089182     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889.0502.55     Document Type: Article

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