Communication skills in blind children: A preliminary investigation

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-10

  James, D M ^a   Stojanovik, V ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blindness; Communication skills; Paediatric; Pragmatics; Speech and language therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CHILDREN COMMUNICATION CHECKLIST 2; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH THERAPY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE;

EID: 33845718301     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00621.x     Document Type: Article

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