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Davison, Megan Dunn; Hammer, Carol; Lawrence, Frank R. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2011
It is well established that monolingual preschoolers' oral language development (vocabulary and oral comprehension) contributes to their later reading abilities; however, less is known about this relationship in bilingual populations where children are developing knowledge of two languages. It may be that children's abilities in one language do…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Oral Language, Language Acquisition, Reading Ability
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Angelillo, Nicola; Di Costanzo, Brigida; Barillari, Umberto – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2010
Floating-Harbor syndrome is a rare congenital disorder characterized by specific facial features, short stature associated with significantly delayed bone age and language impairment. Although language delay is a cardinal manifestation of this syndrome, few reports describe the specific language difficulties of these patients, particularly the…
Descriptors: Slow Learners, Delayed Speech, Mental Retardation, Language Impairments
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Miller, Margery Silberman – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1987
Evaluation of the ability of 12 hearing children (3-year-olds) to use iconic cues to comprehend signs indicated that resemblance of signs to their referents did not enable subjects to decipher the meaning of most signs. Results were applied to use of adapted assessment instruments with young hearing impaired children. (DB)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Evaluation Methods, Hearing Impairments, Receptive Language
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Exley, Sandra; Arnold, Paul – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1987
Partially hearing (N=16), deaf (N=20), and normal hearing (N=10) children's ability to say, write, and comprehend the same sentences were compared. Among results were that the partially hearing made more errors in both the spoken and written conditions than hearing subjects who were two years younger. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Children, Comprehension, Deafness, Expressive Language
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Sanger, Dixie D.; And Others – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1987
A technique for evaluating children's auditory-language processing abilities was developed. Teachers were trained in inservice workshops to identify auditory-language processing problems, using the Observational Profile of Classroom Communication. They subsequently referred 46 nonhandicapped first-, second-, and third-graders for evaluation, which…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Evaluation, Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques