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Comparisons between Autistic and Nonautistic Children on the Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language.
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Beisler, Jean Madsen; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1987
The study examined the performance of 19 pairs of autistic and nonautistic (but with a language delay of at least six months) children on the Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language. Results indicated no significant differences between groups or between sexes within groups in receptive language skills. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Autism, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition
Gender Differences in Response to Auditory-Verbal Intervention in Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
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Easterbrooks, Susan R.; O'Rourke, Colleen M. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2001
This study examined the behavior of 70 children with hearing losses attending a clinical program providing an auditory-verbal intervention. Parents' ratings indicated that boys were more likely to display temperament features nonconducive to traditional clinical language intervention. Girls' language and placement outcomes surpassed the boys',…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Children, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
An Investigation of Reading Readiness Tests, and of Selected Auditory Perception, Visual Perception, and Language Skills Involved in Reading Readiness.
Adams, B. Barbara; Ollila, Lloyd O. – 1977
Designed to explore new reading readiness predictors that are not found extensively in the more commonly used commercial group tests and to develop new indices to measure the level of reading readiness of beginning first graders, a study was undertaken involving 115 children. The factor of sex in reading readiness was also investigated. An…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Language Acquisition