A Comparison of Language Abilities in Adolescents with Down Syndrome and Children with Specific Language Impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1324-1339

  Laws, Glynis ^a   Bishop, Dorothy V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Language disorders; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHONETICS; RISK FACTOR; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; PHONETICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0346325945     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2003/103)     Document Type: Article

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