Investigation of a new intervention for children with word-finding problems

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 279-318

  Best, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Intervention; Model of speech production; Therapy; Word finding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMANTICS; SOUND; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHONETICS; SPEECH;

EID: 21244447381     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820410001734154     Document Type: Article

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