Teaching phoneme awareness to pre-literate children with speech disorder: A randomized controlled trial

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-271

  Hesketh, Anne ^a   Dima, Evgenia ^a   Nelson, Veronica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intervention; Phoneme awareness; Speech disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; PHONEME; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AWARENESS; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH THERAPY; TEACHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249018548     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820600940141     Document Type: Article

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