Phonemic support in comprehension: Comparisons between children with and without mild mental retardation

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 510-527

  Kabrich, Mary ^a   McCutchen, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PHONEME; READING; RECALL; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029985960     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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