Assessment of Phonemic Awareness and Word Reading Skills of People with Complex Communication Needs

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 437-449

  Iacono, Teresa ^a,b,d   Cupples, Linda ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australia and the Communication Resource Centre   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Ctr Devmtl Disability Hlth V   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Augmentative and alternative communication; Complex communication needs; Phonemic awareness; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; READING; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHONETICS; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH THERAPY;

EID: 2142710080     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2004/035)     Document Type: Article

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