… are available concerning possible speech and language differences in adults with Down …
They usually are slower on fluency tasks such as producing names within one semantic cat…

… for repeated measures performed on the verbal fluency data failed to reveal any significant
… Regarding language, frequent speech and language problems encountered in later life by …

… Helen is a 30-year-old woman with trisomy-21, mild intellectual disabilities and good
communication skills, including fluent speech. She has been on thyroxin treatment for …

In this chapter I will speak to a number of questions about language learning in persons with
Down syndrome (DS), informed by recent research. I first consider whether language merits …

… speech impairment, it is possible that these benefits may be obtained in children with Down
syndrome. … need to be specifically taught the phonological awareness skills needed for fluent …

… speech disorders in individuals with Down Syndrome (DS) remains controversial despite
various explanations put forth in the literature to account for the observed speech … and fluency. …

… length, individuals with Down syndrome were not significantly … Their use of linguistic devices,
cohesion, and fluency in the … Cohesion and fluency will not be examined here. The Pear …

… Because 11 of the 28 participants had Down syndrome, we will compare their results with …
In conclusion, we propose that the speech fluency problems in adults with an intellectual …

… in detail a sample of speech output from a single adult male with Down’s syndrome. It has
… understanding of the speech difficulties of speakers with Down’s syndrome and any other …

… They are less fluent, in terms of sound or syllable repetition, … than were present in the speech
of other children with mental … in the speech of younger children with Down Syndrome. Rosin…