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Children's language disorders: recent research advances

C L Ludlow

    Annals of Neurology
    |June 1, 1980
    PubMed
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    Preschoolers with language delays struggle with grammar and face significant academic challenges. These language impairments may stem from left-hemisphere brain function deficiencies.

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    Area of Science:

    • Developmental psychology
    • Neuroscience
    • Linguistics

    Background:

    • 3-8% of preschool children exhibit significant language development delays.
    • These delays impact syntactic and morphological rule acquisition.
    • Early language impairments correlate with later learning disabilities.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the characteristics of preschool language impairments.
    • To explore the link between auditory processing and language difficulties.
    • To examine the neurological underpinnings of nonautistic language impairments.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of existing evidence on preschool language development.
    • Analysis of neuropsychological findings related to brain organization for language.

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  • Comparison of language-impaired children with autistic children.

    • Main Results:

    • Language-impaired children show deficits in syntax and morphology.
    • A significant percentage (60%) of these children require special education.
    • Difficulties in nonautistic language-impaired children appear language-specific, unlike autistic spectrum disorders.
    • Evidence points to left-hemisphere functional deficiencies.

    Conclusions:

    • Preschool language delays have profound, lasting academic consequences.
    • Auditory processing deficits may contribute to language acquisition problems.
    • Nonautistic language impairments are primarily linked to left-hemisphere language processing deficits.