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Specific language impairment
About: Specific language impairment is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2989 publications have been published within this topic receiving 140394 citations. The topic is also known as: dysphasia.
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05 Sep 1997TL;DR: The language characteristics of SLI - a detailed look at English SLI across languages evidence from nonlinguistic cognitive tasks auditory processing and speech perception and the nature and efficiency of treatment are described.
Abstract: Part 1 Foundations: introduction characterizing the language deficit - basic concepts. Part 2 Describing the data - linguistic and nonlinguistic findings: the language characteristics of SLI - a detailed look at English SLI across languages evidence from nonlinguistic cognitive tasks auditory processing and speech perception. Part 3 Nature and nurture: the genetics and neurobiology of SLI the linguistic and communicative environment. Part 4 Clinical issues: problems of differential diagnosis the nature and efficiency of treatment. Part 5 SLI as a deficit in linguistic knowledge SLI as a limitation in general processing capacity SLI as a processing deficit in specific mechanisms. Part 6 Conclusions: why study SLI revisited.
2,380 citations
TL;DR: An attempt is made to link the model to its role in both normal and disordered language functions, with particular reference to implications for both the normal processing of language, and its potential disorders.
1,957 citations
TL;DR: The prevalence estimates obtained fell within recent estimates for SLI, but demonstrated that this condition is more prevalent among females than has been previously reported.
Abstract: This epidemiologic study estimated the prevalence of specific language impairment (SLI) in monolingual English-speaking kindergarten children. From a stratified cluster sample in rural, urban, and ...
1,932 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the phonological memory skills of a group of children with disordered language development were compared with those of two control groups, one group matched on verbal abilities and the other matched on nonverbal intelligence.
1,495 citations
TL;DR: It is proposed that "language" disorders, such as specific language impairment and non-fluent and fluent aphasia, may be profitably viewed as impairments primarily affecting one or the other brain system, and suggested a new neurocognitive framework for the study of lexicon and grammar.
1,493 citations