A prospective study of the relationship between specific language impairment, phonological disorders and reading retardation.
This estimate does not include children who have speech and language impairments secondary to other conditions such as deafness".
Paul Broca reported on language impairment following left hemisphere lesions in the 1860s.
Children with specific language impairment show a significantly lower McGurk effect than the average child.
This is a very rare form of language impairment, in which the child appears unable to make sense of speech sounds.
Examples include specific language impairment and aphasia, among others.
Children with other disabilities can also have language impairments that can cause an increase risk of developing reading problems.
Dr. Tallal is an expert on language impairments in children.
Specifically, "specific language impairment" as possibly related to a gene on Chromosome 7.
A specific language impairment, for example, may be caused by insufficient language stimulation in the environment.