Evidence for use of the Quick Interactive Language Screener (QUILS™) to measure the relationship between socioeconomic status and language development1

Jayne Newburya , Kerstin Schroetera , Dean Sutherlanda & Jenny Thomsonb (Commentary authors) aSchool of Psychology, Speech and Hearing, Te Whare Wānanga ō Waitaha | University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand; bHealth Sciences School, Division of Human Communication Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK .............................................................................................................................................................

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