Simple View of Reading in Down's syndrome: The role of listening comprehension and reading skills

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-223

  Roch, Maja ^a,b   Levorato, M Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Psicologia Dello Sviluppo e dei Processi di Socializzazione   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decoding skills; Down's syndrome; Listening comprehension; Reading comprehension; Simple View of Reading; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; READING; RECOGNITION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; COMPREHENSION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 61649121709     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820802012061     Document Type: Article

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