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An objective measurement of nonspeaking children's performance with a computer-controlled program for the stimulation of language behavior

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A method is described for recording a child's performance with a computer-controlled audio-visual device designed to stimulate language behavior in nonspeaking children. From the recorded data a child's position can be estimated on a curve derived from normal children. This position could be of value in planning treatment for a nonspeaking child and assessing his progress.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, The Center for the Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 90024, Los Angeles, California

    Kenneth Mark Colby

  2. Stanford University, USA

    Helena C. Kraemer

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  1. Kenneth Mark Colby
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This research is supported by Grant PHS MH 06645-12 from the National Institute of Mental Health and in part by Research Scientist Award (No. 1-K05-K-14, 333) from the National Institute of Mental Health to the senior author.

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Colby, K.M., Kraemer, H.C. An objective measurement of nonspeaking children's performance with a computer-controlled program for the stimulation of language behavior. J Autism Dev Disord 5, 139–146 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01537930

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