Speech impairment and literacy difficulties: Underlying links

Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-75

  Leitão, Suze ^a   Fletcher, Janet ^a   Hogben, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Language impairment; literacy difficulties; phonological awareness; speech impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942508408     PISSN: 08165122     EISSN: 18392504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0816512200028030     Document Type: Article

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