Identification of adults with developmental language impairments

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-13

  Fidler, Lesley J ^a   Plante, Elena ^a   Vance, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Assessment; Learning disability; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751474538     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2010/09-0096)     Document Type: Article

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