Reading intervention using interactive metronome in children with language and reading impairment: A preliminary investigation

Communication Disorders Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 106-119

  Ritter, Michaela ^a   Colson, Karen A ^a   Park, Jungjun ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

comprehension; Interactive Metronome (IM) training; language and reading impairment; processing speed; reading fluency; temporal processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERACTIVE METRONOME; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84871975845     PISSN: 15257401     EISSN: 15384837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525740112456422     Document Type: Article

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