Listening comprehension and recall abilities in adolescents with language learning disabilities and without disabilities for social studies lectures

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-32

  Ward Lonergan, Jeannene M ^a   Liles, Betty Z ^b   Anderson, Angela M ^c  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Rainbow Rehabilitation Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Language disorder; Learning disability

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; RECALL; RELIABILITY; SOCIOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031963204     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9924(97)00048-8     Document Type: Article

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