Effects of sampling context on spontaneous expressive Language in males with fragile X syndrome or Down syndrome

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1022-1038

  Kover, Sara T ^a   McDuffie, Andrea ^b   Abbeduto, Leonard ^b   Ted Brown, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversation; Fragile X syndrome; Language sampling; Mean length of utterance (MLU); Narrative

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; NARRATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84866123178     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2011/11-0075)     Document Type: Article

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