Different Origin of Auditory and Phonological Processing Problems in Children With Language Impairment: Evidence From a Twin Study

A study involving 55 children with a language impairment and 76 with normal language investigated the heritability of auditory processing impairment in same-sex twins (ages 7 to 13, selected from a sample of 37 pairs). Although correlations between co-twins were high, lack of significant difference...

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Published in:	Journal of speech, language, and hearing research language, and hearing research, 1999-02, Vol.42 (1), p.155-168
Main Authors:	Bishop, D. V. M, Bishop, Sonia J, Bright, Peter, James, Cheryl, Delaney, Tom, Tallal, Paula
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Adolescent Auditory Perception Auditory perception in children auditory processing Child Children Children & youth Female Genetic aspects Genetic factors Genetics Hearing Impairments Heredity Humans Language language disabled children Language disordered children Language Disorders - diagnosis Language Disorders - genetics Language disorders in children Language Impairments Language Tests Male Nature Nurture Controversy Perceptual Impairments Phonetics Phonological processing psycholinguistics Severity of Illness Index speech and language pathology Speech disorders Speech Perception - physiology Surveys and Questionnaires Twin studies Twins
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