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Developmental Inventories Using Illiterate Parents as Informants: Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) Adaptation for Two Kenyan Languages by Alcock, K. J, Rimba, K, Holding, P, Kitsao-Wekulo, P, Abubakar, A, Newton, C. R. J. C

“…Communicative Development Inventories (CDIs, parent-completed language development checklists) are a helpful tool to assess language in children who are unused…”
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Prevalence and risk factors of neurological disability and impairment in children living in rural Kenya by Mung'ala-Odera, V, Meehan, R, Njuguna, P, Mturi, N, Alcock, KJ, Newton, CRJC

“…Background There is little data on the burden of neurological impairment (NI) in developing countries, particularly in children of Africa. Methods We conducted…”
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Adaptation of Western measures of cognition for assessing 5-year-old semi-urban Ugandan children by Nampijja, M., Apule, B., Lule, S., Akurut, H., Muhangi, L., Elliott, A. M., Alcock, K. J.

“…Background The majority of available psychometric tests originates from the Western World and was designed to suit the culture, language, and socio‐economic…”
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Neural Basis of an Inherited Speech and Language Disorder by Vargha-Khadem, F., Watkins, K. E., Price, C. J., Ashburner, J., Alcock, K. J., Connelly, A., Frackowiak, R. S. J., Friston, K. J., Pembrey, M. E., Mishkin, M., Gadian, D. G., Passingham, R. E.

“…Investigation of the three-generation KE family, half of whose members are affected by a pronounced verbal dyspraxia, has led to identification of their core…”
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We don't have language at our house: Disentangling the relationship between phonological awareness, schooling, and literacy by Alcock, K. J., Ngorosho, D., Deus, C., Jukes, M. C. H.

“…Background A strong link between phonological awareness (PA) and literacy exists, but the origins of this link are difficult to investigate, since PA skills…”
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Constructing Tests of Cognitive Abilities for Schooled and Unschooled Children by Alcock, K.J., Holding, P.A., Mung'ala-Odera, V., Newton, C.R.J.C.

“…It is frequently necessary to assess children with little or no schooling to determine their level of cognitive functioning, especially in developing…”
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The effects of prenatal HIV exposure on language functioning in Kenyan children: establishing an evaluative framework by Alcock, K J, Abubakar, Amina, Newton, Charles R, Holding, Penny

“…HIV infection has been associated with impaired language development in prenatally exposed children. Although most of the burden of HIV occurs in sub-Saharan…”
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Interaction Between Phonological and Grammatical Processing in Single Word Production in Kiswahili by Alcock, K.J., Ngorosho, D.

“…Grammatical priming of picture naming was investigated in Kiswahili, which has a complex grammatical noun class system (a system like grammatical gender), with…”
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The Development of Reading Tests for Use in a Regularly Spelled Language by Nokes, K, Alcock, K. J, Ngowi, F, Musabi, C, Mbise, A, Mandali, R, Bundy, D, Baddeley, A

“…Data are presented on the development of tests of reading skill for primary school pupils in rural Tanzania. Instruction in these schools is in Kiswahili, a…”
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Heavy schistosomiasis associated with poor short‐term memory and slower reaction times in Tanzanian schoolchildren by Jukes, M C H, Nokes, C A, Alcock, K J, Lambo, J K, Kihamia, C, Ngorosho, N, Mbise, A, Lorri, W, Yona, E, Mwanri, L, Baddeley, A D, Hall, A, Bundy, D A P

“…Cross‐sectional studies of the relationship between helminth infection and cognitive function can be informative in ways that treatment studies cannot…”
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Pitch and Timing Abilities in Inherited Speech and Language Impairment by Alcock, Katherine J., Passingham, Richard E., Watkins, Kate, Vargha-Khadem, Faraneh

“…Members of the KE family who suffer from an inherited developmental speech-and-language disorder and normal, age-matched, controls were tested on musical…”
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Oral Dyspraxia in Inherited Speech and Language Impairment and Acquired Dysphasia by Alcock, Katherine J., Passingham, Richard E., Watkins, Kate E., Vargha-Khadem, Faraneh

“…Half of the members of the KE family suffer from an inherited verbal dyspraxia. The affected members of the family have a lasting impairment in phonology and…”
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Pitch and Timing Abilities in Adult Left-Hemisphere-Dysphasic and Right-Hemisphere-Damaged Subjects by Alcock, Katherine J., Wade, Derick, Anslow, Philip, Passingham, Richard E.

“…The production and perception of pitch and rhythm were tested in patients with acquired unilateral left-hemisphere (LH) lesions (and subsequent motor…”
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A computerized test of speed of language comprehension unconfounded by literacy by May, Jon, Alcock, Katherine J., Robinson, Louise, Mwita, Christina

“…A computerized version of the Silly Sentences task developed for use with children is found to be equivalent to the pencil‐and‐paper version from the SCOLP…”
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We don't have language at our house: Disentangling the relationship between phonological awareness, schooling, and literacy : Assessment of developmental outcomes in resource-poor settings by ALCOCK, K. J, NGOROSHO, D, DEUS, C, JUKES, M. C. H

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Adaptation of Western measures of cognition for assessing 5-year-old semi-urban Ugandan children : Assessment of developmental outcomes in resource-poor settings by NAMPIJJA, M, APULE, B, LULE, S, AKURUT, H, NUHANGI, L, ELLIOTT, A. M, ALCOCK, K. J

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Prevalence and risk factors of neurological disability and impairment in children living in rural Kenya. Commentary by MUNG'ALA-ODERA, V, MEEHAN, R, NJUGUNA, P, MTURI, N, ALCOCK, K. J, NEWTON, C. R. J. C, KAUCHALI, Shuaib, DAVIDSON, Leslie L

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