Language achievement in children who received cochlear implants between 1 and 2 years of Age: Group trends and individual patterns

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 465-485

  Duchesne, Louise ^a   Sutton, Ann ^a   Bergeron, François ^b  

^a Institut de réadaptation en déficience physique de Queébec   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE ARTS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 70249107098     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: 14657325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enp010     Document Type: Article

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