The accuracy of parent and teacher reports in assessing the vocabulary knowledge of Chinese children with hearing impairment

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-45

  Lee, Kathy ^a,c   Chiu, Sung Nok ^b   Van Hasselt, C A ^a   Tong, Michael ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adult reports; Cantonese; Children with hearing impairment; Chinese; Vocabulary knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 58449097562     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2008/07-0061)     Document Type: Article

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