Expressive Language Profiles of Verbally Expressive Adolescents and Young Adults With Down Syndrome or Fragile X Syndrome
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Expressive language profiles of verbally expressive adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome or fragile X syndrome.
PURPOSE In this study, the authors examined the expressive language abilities of a subset of highly verbally expressive adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome (DS) and those with fragile X syndrome (FXS) for evidence of syndrome-related differences. FXS gender differences were also examined in an exploratory fashion. METHOD The authors evaluated 24 adolescents and young adults with D...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1092-4388,1558-9102
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2010/09-0125)