Effects of Signs on Word Learning by Children With Developmental Language Disorder.

Conclusions Our results suggest that children with DLD benefit from signs for word learning, regardless of their linguistic and cognitive abilities. This implies that using sign-supported speech as a means to improve the vocabulary skills of children with DLD is effective, even still at the age of 9-11 years. PMID: 31158060 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - June 2, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: van Berkel-van Hoof L, Hermans D, Knoors H, Verhoeven L Tags: J Speech Lang Hear Res Source Type: research