Abstract:His interest in the problem of diagnosis, assessment and management of children with language disorder developed when working in East Africa as an ear nose and throat surgeon and organizing special clinics to investigate severely deaf children. The author therefore brings medical, audiological and linguistic insight to a subject which is more frequently written about by linguists, psychologists or speech therapists.The first five chapters of the book are devoted to the development of language; beginning at the… Show more
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