Language Skills of Children and Adolescents with Down Syndrome: I. Comprehension.

Chapman, Robin S.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ444394

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Language Skills of Children and Adolescents with Down Syndrome: I. Comprehension.

Chapman, Robin S.; And Others

Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, v34 n5 p1106-20 Oct 1991

This study, involving 48 children and adolescents with Down's syndrome, found that chronological age and mean mental age collectively accounted for much of subjects' variability in vocabulary comprehension and syntax comprehension, with total passes on a hearing screening accounting for additional variability. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Chronological Age, Comprehension, Downs Syndrome, Language Skills, Mental Age, Multiple Disabilities, Partial Hearing, Receptive Language, Screening Tests, Syntax, Vocabulary

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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