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Finestack, Lizbeth H.; Sterling, Audra M.; Abbeduto, Leonard – Journal of Child Language, 2013
This study compared the receptive and expressive language profiles of verbally expressive children and adolescents with Down Syndrome (DS) and those with Fragile X syndrome (FXS) and examined the extent to which these profiles reliably differentiate the diagnostic groups. A total of twenty-four verbal participants with DS (mean age: 12 years),…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Receptive Language, Verbal Communication, Children
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Estigarribia, Bruno; Martin, Gary E.; Roberts, Joanne E. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2012
Purpose: To examine which cognitive, environmental, and speech-language variables predict expressive syntax in boys with fragile X syndrome (FXS), boys with Down syndrome (DS), and typically developing (TD) boys, and whether predictive relationships differed by group. Method: We obtained Index of Productive Syntax ( Scarborough, 1990) scores for…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Mental Retardation, Congenital Impairments, Down Syndrome