Late language emergence at 24 months: An epidemiological study of prevalence, predictors, and covariates

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1562-1592

  Zubrick, Stephen R ^a   Taylor, Catherine L ^a   Rice, Mabel L ^b   Slegers, David W ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Late language emergence (LLE); Late talkers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LATE LANGUAGE EMERGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEUROBIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH ARTICULATION;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 36749067818     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/106)     Document Type: Article

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