The promise of nonword repetition as a clinical tool

Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-28

  Archibald, Lisa M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Intervention; Nonword repetition; Phonological processing; Short term memory; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 41449084490     PISSN: 1913200X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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