The language abilities of bilingual children with Down syndrome.

Children with Down syndrome (DS) have cognitive disabilities resulting from trisomy 21. Language-learning difficulties, especially expressive language problems, are an important component of the phenotype of this population. Many individuals with DS are born into bilingual environments. To date, how...

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Published in:American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 187 - 200
Main Authors: Bird EK, Cleave P, Trudeau N, Thordardottir E, Sutton A, Thorpe A
Format: questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Aug2005
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