Gesture and word production in children with Down syndrome

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 73-87

  Chan, Jeffrey B ^a   Iacono, Teresa ^b  

^a ROYAL REHABILITATION CENTRE SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Centre for Developmental Disability Health Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Emergent language; Gesture; Word production

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; GESTURE RECOGNITION; LINGUISTICS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

DOWN SYNDROME;

LEARNING AIDS FOR HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

EID: 0035363482     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/aac.17.2.73.87     Document Type: Article

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