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Late talkers

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Language Outcomes In Late-Talkers: Kindergarten, Rhea Paul Mar 1993

Language Outcomes In Late-Talkers: Kindergarten, Rhea Paul

Communication Disorders Faculty Publications

To examine language outcomes related to language acquisition and academic readiness, this study followed a group of toddlers with slow expressive language development (SELD) through their kindergarten year. Subjects were 27 children between 20 and 34 months who produced fewer than 50 words or no 2-word combinations on L. Resconla's (1989) Language Development Survey. This group was matched with a control group of 25 children with expressive vocabularies larger than 50 words. All subjects were given an intensive battery of assessments for receptive language, cognitive development, oral motor function, and adaptive behavior. A videotaped free play interaction between parent and …


Phonological Behavior In Toddlers With Slow Expressive Language Development, Rhea Paul, Patricia Jennings Feb 1992

Phonological Behavior In Toddlers With Slow Expressive Language Development, Rhea Paul, Patricia Jennings

Communication Disorders Faculty Publications

Toddlers with slow expressive language development were compared to normally speaking age-mates on three global measures of phonological behavior: the average level of complexity of their syllable structures, the number of different consonant phonemes produced, and the percentage of consonants correctly produced in intelligible utterances. The groups were found to differ significantly on all three variables. Further analyses were done, breaking the groups down into narrower age ranges. These comparisons also revealed differences between late-talking and normal youngsters. Detailed analyses of the range of phonemes and syllable structures produced, as well as the appearance of phoneme classes within syllable structures …


Profiles Of Toddlers With Slow Expressive Language Development, Rhea Paul Aug 1991

Profiles Of Toddlers With Slow Expressive Language Development, Rhea Paul

Communication Disorders Faculty Publications

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