Nonword repetition: The relative contributions of phonological short-term memory and phonological representations in children with language and reading impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 683-694

  Rispens, Judith ^a   Baker, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Language development; Nonword repetition; Reading impairment; Specific language impairment (SLI)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHONETICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84862019347     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2011/10-0263)     Document Type: Article

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