The word length effect in children with language impairment

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 487-505

  Balthazar, Catherine H ^a  

^a GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Language disorder; Language impairment; Phonological loop; Rehearsal; Serial word recall; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PHONETICS; PREDICTION; RECALL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0042337064     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9924(03)00033-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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