Linking infant-directed speech and face preferences to language outcomes in infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 567-576

  Droucker, Danielle ^a   Curtin, Suzanne ^a   Vouloumanos, Athena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; High risk; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FACE; FEMALE; HIGH-RISK INFANTS; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; HIGH-RISK INFANTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84878048135     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2012/11-0266)     Document Type: Article

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