Can a 'single hit' cause limitations in language development? A comparative study of Swedish children with hearing impairment and children with specific language impairment

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-323

  Hansson, Kristina ^a,c   Sahlén, Birgitta ^a   Mäki Torkko, Elina ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hearing impairment; Language; Phonological short term memory; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SWEDEN;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34249082078     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820600933526     Document Type: Article

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