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Fernald, Anne; Marchman, Virginia A.; Weisleder, Adriana – Developmental Science, 2013
This research revealed both similarities and striking differences in early language proficiency among infants from a broad range of advantaged and disadvantaged families. English-learning infants ("n" = 48) were followed longitudinally from 18 to 24 months, using real-time measures of spoken language processing. The first goal was to…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Infants
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Thal, Donna; DesJardin, Jean L.; Eisenberg, Laurie S. – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2007
Purpose: To examine the validity of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDI) for measuring language abilities in children with profound hearing loss who are using cochlear implants. Method: Twenty-four children with cochlear implants and their mothers participated in this study. Children ranged in age from 32 months to 86…
Descriptors: Validity, Measures (Individuals), Mothers, Deafness
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Bird, Elizabeth Kay-Raining; Cleave, Patricia; Trudeau, Natacha; Thordardottir, Elin; Sutton, Ann; Thorpe, Amy – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2005
Children with Down syndrome (DS) have cognitive disabilities resulting from trisomy 21. Language-learning difficulties, especially expressive language problems, are an important component of the phenotype of this population. Many individuals with DS are born into bilingual environments. To date, however, there is almost no information available…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Bilingualism, Children, Language Acquisition