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DeThorne, Laura S.
Assistant Professor, Speech and Hearing Sciences
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
M.A., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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Representative Publications
DeThorne LS, and Watkins RV. 2006. Language abilities and nonverbal IQ in children with language impairment: Inconsistency across measures. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics 20(9)641-658.
DeThorne LS, Hart SA, Petrill SA, Deater-Deckard K, Thompson LA, Schatschneider C, and Davison MD. 2006. Children's history of speech-language difficulties: Genetic influences and associations with reading. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 49(6)1280-1293.
Petrill SA, Deater-Deckard K, Thompson LA, DeThorne LS, and Schatschneider C. 2006. Reading skills in early readers: Genetic and shared environmental effects. Journal of Learning Disabilities 39:48-55.
DeThorne LS, Petrill SA, Hayiou-Thomas E, and Plomin R. 2005. Low expressive vocabulary: Higher heritability as a function of more severe cases. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 48:792-804.
DeThorne LS, Johnson BW, and Loeb JW. 2005. A closer look at MLU: What does it really measure? Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics 19:635-648.
Additional Information
Related Research (By Area):
Cognitive Neuroscience
Neurological and Psychiatric Conditions
Sensory and Motor Systems
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