Auditory processing and early literacy skills in a preschool and kindergarten population

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 369-382

  Corriveau, Kathleen H ^a   Goswami, Usha ^b   Thomson, Jennifer M ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Kindergarten; Phonological awareness; Preschool; Rise time

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSLEXIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSLEXIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PHONETICS; READING;

EID: 77953977913     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219410369071     Document Type: Article

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