NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Date
In 20250
Since 20240
Since 2021 (last 5 years)0
Since 2016 (last 10 years)0
Since 2006 (last 20 years)2
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
Mean Length of Utterance2
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kover, Sara T.; McDuffie, Andrea; Abbeduto, Leonard; Brown, W. Ted – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2012
Purpose: In this study, the authors examined the impact of sampling context on multiple aspects of expressive language in male participants with fragile X syndrome in comparison to male participants with Down syndrome or typical development. Method: Participants with fragile X syndrome (n = 27), ages 10-17 years, were matched groupwise on…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Down Syndrome, Genetic Disorders, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Miles, Sally; Chapman, Robin; Sindberg, Heidi – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
Purpose: The authors describe the procedures used to explain an unexpected finding that adolescents with Down syndrome (DS) had a lower mean length of utterance (MLU) than typically developing (TD) children in interviews without picture support, but not in narratives supported by wordless picture books. They hypothesize that the picture support of…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Adolescents, Down Syndrome, Comparative Analysis