Examining the language performances of children with and without specific language impairment: Contributions of phonological short-term memory and speed of processing

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 778-797

  Montgomery, James W ^a   Windsor, Jennifer ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Language performance; Phonological short term memory; Processing speed; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; CHILD; LANGUAGE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34547407304     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/054)     Document Type: Article

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