Specific language impairment: Continuing clinical concerns

Journal/Book: Top Lang Disord. 1999; 20: 7201 Mckinney Circle, Frederick, MD 21704, USA. Aspen Publ Inc. 1-13.

Abstract: This article reviews current trends in the study of children with specific language impairment (SLI). SLI is defined as significant limitation in language ability in the absence of accompanying hearing impairment, low nonverbal intelligence, or neurological damage. Our understanding of SLI is as dynamic as the disorder itself and new information often challenges current clinical practices. Four areas of current research are highlighted to draw attention to new evidence that provides an opportunity for reconsideration of current clinical practice: (1) heterogeneity in the group of children identified with SLI, (2) diagnostic criteria used to identify SLI, (3) auditory processing, and (4) short-term memory.

Note: Article Friel-Patti S, Univ Texas, Callier Ctr Commun Disorders, 1966 Inwood Rd, Dallas,TX 75228 USA

Keyword(s): assessment; auditory processing; short-term memory; specific language impairment; PHONOLOGICAL WORKING-MEMORY; DEVELOPMENTAL APHASIA; SPEECH-PERCEPTION; FOLLOW-UP; SENTENCE COMPREHENSION; KINDERGARTEN-CHILDREN; SENSORY MODALITY; YOUNG-CHILDREN; DISORDERS; DEFICITS

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