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Interventions for Multilingual Children with Hearing Loss: A Scoping Review
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Guiberson, Mark; Crowe, Kathryn – Topics in Language Disorders, 2018
The aim of this article was to (1) provide a scoping review of the literature addressing speech, auditory, language, and literacy interventions in multilingual children with hearing loss, and (2) identify future research directions. The search conducted for this scoping review yielded a total of 27 sources describing 58 intervention approaches for…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Intervention, Hearing Impairments, Literacy Education
Subtyping Children with Speech Sound Disorders by Endophenotypes
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Lewis, Barbara A.; Avrich, Allison A.; Freebairn, Lisa A.; Taylor, H. Gerry; Iyengar, Sudha K.; Stein, Catherine M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2011
Purpose: The present study examined associations of 5 endophenotypes (i.e., measurable skills that are closely associated with speech sound disorders and are useful in detecting genetic influences on speech sound production), oral motor skills, phonological memory, phonological awareness, vocabulary, and speeded naming, with 3 clinical criteria…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Siblings, Language Impairments, Phonological Awareness
A Preliminary Investigation of Second- and Fourth-Grade African American Students' Performance on the Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth Edition
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Champion, Tempii B.; Rosa-Lugo, Linda I.; Rivers, Kenyatta O.; McCabe, Allyssa – Topics in Language Disorders, 2010
Purpose: Research has established that African American (AA) children are lagging behind other children in their reading skills. A number of factors have been proposed to account for the literacy gap; however no single factor has entirely explained this disparity. This investigation examined the appropriateness of the Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth…
Descriptors: African American Students, Speech Communication, Investigations, Language Variation