Search for dissertations about: "nonword repetition"
Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words nonword repetition.
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1. Prosodic and Phonological Ability in Children with Developmental Language Disorder and Children with Hearing Impairment : In the Context of Word and Nonword Repetition
Abstract : Many children with developmental language disorder (DLD) exhibit difficulties with phonology, i.e. the sounds of language. Children with any degree of hearing impairment (HI) are at an increased risk of problems with spoken language, including phonology. READ MORE
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2. Language Processing and Contextual Influence. A study of Swedish preschool children with language impairment
Abstract : Language Processing and Contextual Influence A Study of Swedish Preschool Children with Language Impairment The aim of the present work was to study different types of contextual influence on language performance in a variety of tasks: repetition of nonwords, narration, understanding of idioms and picture naming in a group of Swedish preschool children with language impairment (LI). The stress pattern of words and nonwords was found to have an impact on the repetition performance of the participants. READ MORE
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3. There's more to the picture than meets the ear - Gaze behavior during communication in children with hearing impairment
Abstract : Many children and adolescents with hearing impairment struggle to meet school demands. The difficulties can be traced to the characteristics of the hearing impairment, and to adverse consequences on language development, often overlooked in diagnostics and intervention. READ MORE
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4. Family history, clinical marker and reading skills in children with specific language impairment
Abstract : This thesis comprises three studies focusing on Swedish school-age children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI). Sixty-one participants with SLI aged 8-12 years were recruited from all existing school language units for children with severe SLI in Stockholm, Sweden. READ MORE
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5. Procedural and Declarative Memory in Children with Developmental Disorders of Language and Literacy
Abstract : The procedural deficit hypothesis (PDH) posits that a range of language, cognitive and motor impairments associated with specific language impairment (SLI) and developmental dyslexia (DD) may be explained by an underlying domain-general dysfunction of the procedural memory system. In contrast, declarative memory is hypothesized to remain intact and to play a compensatory role in the two disorders. READ MORE