The use of spontaneous language measures as criteria for identifying children with specific language impairment: An attempt to reconcile clinical and research incongruence

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 643-654

  Dunn, Michelle ^a   Flax, Judith ^a   Sliwinski, Martin ^a   Aram, Dorothy ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Criteria; MLU; SLI; Spontaneous language; Structural errors

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH;

EID: 0029948353     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jshr.3903.643     Document Type: Article

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