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Language-impaired children and adolescents, in general, have been found to have significantly poorer comprehension of humor than their peers with normal language development. This paper discusses sources of difficulty for these students in understanding the various aspects of humor and describes general and specific techniques for remediating comprehension deficits.
KEY WORDS: humor comprehension, language-impaired students, intervention
Submitted on November 5, 1990
Accepted on April 11, 1991
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