First-language acquisition in adolescence: Evidence for a critical period for verbal language development

Brain and Language

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 237-255

  Grimshaw, Gina M ^a,b   Adelstein, Ana ^a   Bryden, M Philip ^a   MacKinnon, G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SPEECH;

EID: 0032526775     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1997.1943     Document Type: Article

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