Children with specific language impairment and resolved late talkers: Working memory profiles at 5 years

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1690-1703

  Petruccelli, Nadia ^a   Bavin, Edith L ^a   Bretherton, Lesley ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Late talkers; Memory; SLI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PHONETICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84871760922     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2012/11-0288)     Document Type: Article

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