Clinical application of the mean babbling level and syllable structure level

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-230

  Morris, Sherrill R ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Babbling; Language impairment; Phonological development; Syllable structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMANTICS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PHONETICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77950650697     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2009/08-0076)     Document Type: Article

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