Validation of the Focus on the Outcomes of Communication under Six outcome measure

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 546-552

  Thomas Stonell, Nancy ^a,b   Oddson, Bruce ^c   Robertson, Bernadette ^a   Rosenbaum, Peter ^d  

^a University of Toronto   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EFFECT SIZE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; FRUSTRATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; SPEECH THERAPY; VIDEORECORDING;

CANADA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84876851927     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12123     Document Type: Article

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