Extending use of the NRT to preschool-age children with and without specific language impairment

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-288

  Deevy, Patricia ^a   Weil, Lisa Wisman ^a   Leonard, Laurence B ^a   Goffman, Lisa ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Nonword repetition; Phonology; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; PROCEDURES;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHONETICS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK;

EID: 77955099464     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2009/08-0096)     Document Type: Article

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