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Cantwell, Dennis; And Others – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1978
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Comparative Analysis, Echolalia
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Lincoln, Alan J.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1993
This study compared 20 children (ages 8-14) with either autism or receptive developmental language disorder (RDLD) to 10 controls in their ability to detect frequent and infrequent randomly presented auditory stimuli. Only the children with autism demonstrated an abnormally small amplitude of the P3b, a component of the event-related brain…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli, Autism
Semel, Eleanor M.; Wiig, Elisabeth H. – 1975
The authors summarize results of their own and others' research of auditory language processing deficits associated with learning disabilities in children and adolescents. Among findings reported are that learning disabled children exhibit delays in the acquisition of morphological and syntactic rules, delays in logical growth, short-term memory…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aural Learning, Children, Exceptional Child Research
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Bates, Elizabeth – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1993
Discusses the assessment of children's early language comprehension by the use of (1) parent reports; (2) preferential-looking models; and (3) event-related brain potentials. Examines recent findings on dissociations between language comprehension and production in normal, late-talking, and brain-injured children and considers the implications of…
Descriptors: Children, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps
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Aram, Dorothy M.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1991
This study compared speech and language comprehension and production between 249 very low birthweight and 363 normal birthweight 8 year olds. Although low birthweight children tended to score lower, when those with major neurological abnormalities were excluded, no significant differences were found between the two groups. However, general…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Development, Children, Comprehension
MCGINNIS, MILDRED A. – 1963
THIS BOOK IS DESIGNED TO DEFINE APHASIA AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS, TO PRESENT A PROCEDURE FOR TEACHING LANGUAGE TO APHASIC CHILDREN, AND TO APPLY THIS PROCEDURE TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUBJECTS. OTHER HANDICAPPING CONDITIONS WHICH COMPLICATE THE DIAGNOSIS OF APHASIA ARE PRESENTED BY MEANS OF CASE STUDIES. CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO TYPES OF…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Case Studies, Children, Delayed Speech