Criteria for SLI: The Stark and Tallal legacy and beyond

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 951-957

  Plante, Elena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Natl Ctr Neurogenic Commun D   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; IQ scores; Language; Research methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEDICAL RECORD;

EID: 0031821880     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4104.951     Document Type: Article

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