Early vocabulary development in deaf native signers: A british sign language adaptation of the communicative development inventories

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 322-331

  Woolfe, Tyron ^a   Herman, Rosalind ^b   Roy, Penny ^b   Woll, Bencie ^c  

^a NDCS ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; CDI; Deaf; Early vocabulary development; Sign language

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARENT; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; DEAFNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARENTS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 76049115449     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02151.x     Document Type: Article

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