Relationship between verbal working memory and the SCAN-C in children with specific language impairment

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 521-530

  Lum, Jarrad A G ^a   Zarafa, Michelle ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment procedures; Auditory processing; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REFERENCE VALUES; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 78049286439     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2010/09-0035)     Document Type: Article

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