Look who's talking: A prospective study of familial transmission of language impairments

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 990-1001

  Spitz, Romy V ^a,b   Tallal, Paula ^a   Flax, Judy ^a   Benasich, April A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Genetics of language; Gesture; Language development; Language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GESTURE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0030851012     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4005.990     Document Type: Article

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