Nonword repetition and child language impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1136-1146

  Dollaghan, Chris ^a   Campbell, Thomas F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b 4033 Forbes Tower ^*

Author keywords

Child language impairment; Language assessment; Language screening; Nonword repetition; Test bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PHONETICS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031660046     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4105.1136     Document Type: Article

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