Gestures and words in early development of children with Down syndrome

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1125-1135

  Caselli, M Cristina ^a   Vicari, Stefane ^b   Longobardi, Emiddia ^a   Lami, Laura ^c   Pizzoli, Claudia ^c   Stella, Giacomo ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Center for Cognitive Disabilities   (Italy)

Author keywords

Development; Down syndrome; Gestures; Words

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031711487     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4105.1125     Document Type: Article

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