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A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Developmental Trajectories of Vocabulary Comprehension among Children and Adolescents with Down Syndrome or Intellectual Disability of Undifferentiated Aetiology
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Facon, Bruno; Courbois, Yannick; Magis, David – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2016
Background: In this work we sought to expand our knowledge of developmental trajectories of subcomponents of the language systems of individuals with intellectual disability (ID). We aimed to explore how "general" and "relational" vocabularies evolve as a function of cognitive level. Method: Developmental trajectories of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Comprehension, Children, Adolescents
The Impact of Language Input on Deaf and Hard of Hearing Preschool Children Who Use Listening and Spoken Language
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Rufsvold, Ronda; Wang, Ye; Hartman, Maria C.; Arora, Sonia B.; Smolen, Elaine R. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2018
The researchers investigated the effects of adult language input on the quantity of language, vocabulary development, and understanding of basic concepts of deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children who used listening and spoken language. Using audio recording and Language ENvironment Analysis (LENA) software, the study involved 30 preschool DHH…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Preschool Children, Vocabulary Development