Table 7.

Pre-communication and nonverbal communication skills.

Pre-Communication Skills		N	%
Eye contact	Poor	56	36.8%
	Fair	69	45.4%
	Good	27	17.8%
Verbal imitation	Poor	75	50.7%
	Fair	28	18.9%
	Good	45	30.4%
Nonverbal imitation	Poor	64	42.7%
	Fair	28	18.7%
	Good	58	38.7%
Social interaction	Poor	50	42.0%
	Fair	36	30.3%
	Good	33	27.7%
Nonverbal communication skills
Pointing	Poor	77	51.3%
	Fair	24	16.0%
	Good	49	32.7%
Gestures	Poor	69	46.0%
	Fair	23	15.3%
	Good	58	38.7%
Facial expression	Poor	46	31.1%
	Fair	34	23.0%
	Good	68	45.9%
Receptive language level	Mild delay	19	12.8%
	Moderate delay	47	31.5%
	Severe delay	83	55.7%
Expressive language level	Mild delay	11	7.2%
	Moderate delay	45	29.4%
	Severe delay	97	63.4%