Taxometric Analyses of Specific Language Impairment in 3- and 4-Year-Old Children

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 464-475

  Dollaghan, Christine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child language disorders; Specific language impairment; Taxometrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 2142643654     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2004/037)     Document Type: Article

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