The extent to which psychometric children with SLI

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 765-777

  Conti Ramsden, Gina ^a   Crutehley, Alison ^b   Botting, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Classification; Psycho metric tests; Specific language impairment; Subgroups

Indexed keywords

AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPRAXIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PHONETICS; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ARTICULATION; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE;

CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0031203568     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4004.765     Document Type: Article

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