Analogous and distinctive patterns of prelinguistic communication in toddlers with and without hearing loss

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1166-1180

  Zaidman Zait, Anat ^a   Dromi, Esther ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Communication strategies; Deafness; Infants and toddlers; Linguistics; Parents

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; TODDLER;

FEMALE; GESTURES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH;

EID: 35848933674     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/081)     Document Type: Article

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