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Comparative Study
. 1992 Sep;97(2):186-96.

Profile of the prelinguistic intentional communicative behaviors of children with profound mental retardation

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Comparative Study

Profile of the prelinguistic intentional communicative behaviors of children with profound mental retardation

B T Ogletree et al. Am J Ment Retard. 1992 Sep.

Abstract

The prelinguistic intentional communicative behaviors of 10 noninstitutionalized children with profound mental retardation were analyzed according to five profile parameters: communicative rate, communicative function, discourse structure, communicative means, and syllable shape. Subjects used a predominance of regulatory communicative functions, initiated discourse structure, gestural communicative means, and nontranscribable vocalizations/vocalizations without consonants. Findings were compared to previously reported data from children without mental retardation and institutionalized children with severe and profound mental retardation.

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