Effects of onset- and rhyme-related distractors on phonological processing in children with specific language impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1263-1281

  Seiger Gardner, Liat ^a   Brooks, Patricia J ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Language impairment; Lexical access; Lexical development; Phonological priming; Phonological processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACILITATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PEER GROUP; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD LIST RECALL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; CHILD; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHONETICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 52949141393     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/07-0079)     Document Type: Article

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