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- Title
Nonword repetition in specific language impairment: More than a phonological short-term memory deficit.
- Authors
Lisa M. D. Archibald; Susan E. Gathercole
- Abstract
The possible role of phonological short-term memory in the nonword repetition deficit of children with specific language impairment (SLI) was investigated in a study comparing serial recall and nonword repetition of sequences of auditorily presented CV syllables. The SLI group showed impairments in both serial recall and nonword repetition relative to typically developing children of the same age, however the SLI deficit in nonword repetition was greater and persisted even when differences on an independent measure of short-term memory were taken into account. These findings cannot be readily explained in terms of a sole deficit in short-term memory, and point instead to differences between the serial recall and nonword repetition paradigms as potential factors contributing to this disorder of learning.
- Subjects
REPETITION (Rhetoric); MEMORY; SPEECH disorders in children; ARTICULATION disorders in children
- Publication
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2007, Vol 14, Issue 5, p919
- ISSN
1069-9384
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3758/BF03194122