Although we can get an idea of how a child communicates by using language tests, it is helpful
to also find out how the child behaves in an everyday setting. You can help us do this by …

Specific language impairment (SLI) is diagnosed when a child's language development is
deficient for no obvious reason. For many years, there was a tendency to assume that SLI was …

Developmental dyslexia and specific language impairment (SLI) were for many years treated
as distinct disorders but are now often regarded as different manifestations of the same …

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Background In domains other than language, there is fairly consistent diagnostic terminology
to refer to children's developmental difficulties. For instance, the terms ‘dyslexia’, ‘attention …

In this article, we critically review the evidence for overlap among three developmental disorders,
namely speech sound disorder (SSD), language impairment (LI), and reading disability …

Early language development is known to be under genetic influence, but the genes affecting
normal variation in the general population remain largely elusive. Recent studies of …

This chapter reviews the studies that look at social and pragmatic impairments in children with
Specific language impairment (SLI), considering how frequent these are, and how far they …

Abstract Language and literacy skills were assessed in 83 8 1/2 ‐year olds whose language
development had been impaired at 4 years of age. Provided that language problems had …