Parental Reports of Spoken Language Skills in Children with Down Syndrome

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 179-191

  Berglund, Eva ^a,b,c   Eriksson, Mårten ^d   Johansson, Iréne ^e  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Box 741   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^e KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Language; Normative group; Parental reports; SECDI

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; PARENTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035260333     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2001/016)     Document Type: Article

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