Gesture Production in Language Impairment: It's Quality, Not Quantity, That Matters.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine whether children with language impairment (LI) use gesture to compensate for their language difficulties. Method: The present study investigated gesture accuracy and frequency in children with LI (n = 21) across gesture imitation, gesture elicitation,...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 60; no. 4; pp. 969 - 983 |
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