Browsing by Subject "Down syndrome"
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(Vanderbilt University, 2009-10-30)
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(2014-04-02)Department: Interdisciplinary Studies: Communication Disorders and Neurodevelopmental DisabilitiesChildren with Down syndrome (DS) display language deficits in expressive and receptive skills beyond what is predicted by nonlingusitic cognitive skills. Clinically, a ubiquitous presumption is that vocabulary taught in ...
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(2008-09-30)Department: Special EducationPractitioners are increasingly expected to provide reading instruction to students with cognitive disabilities to help them become literate. Whereas a phonics-based approach to reading instruction is regarded as a “best ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2012)The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a relationship between IEP goals and prior reading instruction for children with Down Syndrome, and whether both of those variables had an impact on the children’s ...
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(2012-04-13)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesBinaural hearing results in a number of listening advantages relative to monaural hearing, including enhanced hearing sensitivity and better speech understanding in adverse listening conditions. These advantages are ...