Nonword repetition and language development in 4-year-old children with and without a history of early language delay

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1481-1495

  Thal, Donna J ^a,d   Miller, Scott ^b   Carlson, Janna ^c   Vega, Martha Moreno ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Accent on Speech   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Language delay; Language development; Nonword repetition; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NONWORD REPETITION TEST; PHONEME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKING MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES;

EID: 33644828356     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2005/103)     Document Type: Article

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