Relationship between speech, oromotor, language and cognitive abilities in children with Down's syndrome

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-95

  Cleland, Joanne ^a   Wood, Sara ^a   Hardcastle, William ^a   Wishart, Jennifer ^b   Timmins, Claire ^a  

^a Speech Science Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal College Physicians Edinburgh   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Downs syndrome; Language; Phonology; Speech

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHONETICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 72749090614     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13682820902745453     Document Type: Article

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