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McGregor, Karla K.; Eden, Nichole; Arbisi-Kelm, Timothy; Oleson, Jacob – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: The aim of the study was to determine the integrity of fast mapping among adults with developmental language disorder (DLD). Method: Forty-eight adults with DLD or typical language development (TD) were presented with 24 novel words and photos of their unfamiliar referents from the semantic categories of "mammal,"…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments, Language Processing, Semantics
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McGregor, Karla K.; Gordon, Katherine; Eden, Nichole; Arbisi-Kelm, Tim; Oleson, Jacob – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine whether the word-learning challenges associated with developmental language disorder (DLD) result from encoding or retention deficits. Method In Study 1, 59 postsecondary students with DLD and 60 with normal development (ND) took the California Verbal Learning Test-Second Edition, Adult Version…
Descriptors: Adults, Language Impairments, Developmental Disabilities, Cognitive Processes
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McGregor, Karla K.; Rost, Gwyneth; Arenas, Rick; Farris-Trimble, Ashley; Stiles, Derek – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: Many children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) struggle to understand familiar words and learn unfamiliar words. We explored the extent to which these problems reflect deficient use of probabilistic gaze in the extra-linguistic context. Method: Thirty children with ASD and 43 with typical development (TD) participated in a spoken…
Descriptors: Children, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Word Recognition
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Rost, Gwyneth C.; McGregor, Karla K. – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether citizens with language impairment understand legal rights as conveyed in Miranda warnings. Method: Grisso's Instruments for Assessing Understanding and Appreciation of Miranda Rights (1998) was administered to 34 young adults, half of whom met the diagnostic criteria for specific language…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Young Adults, Language Aptitude, Knowledge Level
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McGregor, Karla K.; Rohlfing, Katharina J.; Bean, Allison; Marschner, Ellen – Journal of Child Language, 2009
Forty children, aged 1 ; 8-2 ; 0, participated in one of three training conditions meant to enhance their comprehension of the spatial term "under": the +Gesture group viewed a symbolic gesture for "under" during training; those in the +Photo group viewed a still photograph of objects in the "under" relationship; those in the Model Only group did…
Descriptors: Photography, Visual Aids, Familiarity, Young Children