Language Development Disorders - Diagnosis
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Behavior predictors of language development over 2 years in children with autism spectrum disorders.

29 Sep 2009 PURPOSE: This exploratory study examined predictive relationships between 5 types of behaviors and the trajectories of vocabulary and language development in young children with autism over 2 years. METHOD: Participants were 69 children with autism ... Read more...

Categorical speech perception deficits distinguish language and reading impairments in children.

30 Aug 2009 We examined categorical speech perception in school-age children with developmental dyslexia or Specific Language Impairment (SLI), compared to age-matched and younger controls. Stimuli consisted of synthetic speech tokens in which place of ... Read more...

Language development before and after temporal surgery in children with intractable epilepsy.

6 Aug 2009 PURPOSE: To obtain systematic knowledge of language development before and after epilepsy surgery in regions that, if damaged, are known to entail language impairment in adults. METHODS: Twenty-four children (mean age 11 years; range 5.8-15.7 years) ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Language Development Disorders - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Behavior predictors of language development over 2 years in children with autism spectrum disorders. 29 Sep 2009
• Categorical speech perception deficits distinguish language and reading impairments in children. 30 Aug 2009
• Language development before and after temporal surgery in children with intractable epilepsy. 6 Aug 2009
• The diagnostic accuracy of a new test of early nonword repetition for differentiating late talking and typically developing children. 30 Jul 2009
• The assessment of auditory function in CSWS: lessons from long-term outcome. 30 Jul 2009
• Specific language impairment versus Landau-Kleffner syndrome. 30 Jul 2009
• Language in pediatric epilepsy. 12 Jul 2009
• Health-related quality of life of adolescents with childhood diagnosis of specific language impairment. 3 Jul 2009
• [Language development, language development disorders and the brain] 29 Jun 2009
• Functional skills of individuals with fragile x syndrome: a lifespan cross-sectional analysis. 29 Jun 2009
• Auditory processing in children with language-based learning problems: a magnetencephalography study. 15 Jun 2009
• Autism in Saudi Arabia: presentation, clinical correlates and comorbidity. 30 May 2009
• The usability of a Norwegian adaptation of the Children's Communication Checklist Second Edition (CCC-2) in differentiating between language impaired and non-language impaired 6- to 12-year-olds. 30 May 2009
• Korean Academy of Medical Sciences Pediatric Impairment Guideline for brain lesion. 29 May 2009
• Television viewing in Thai infants and toddlers: impacts to language development and parental perceptions. 20 May 2009
• Evaluation of the ADOS revised algorithm: the applicability in 558 Dutch children and adolescents. 17 May 2009
• Comparison of mapping quantitative theta encephalograms during directed and required visual-verbal activity and passive period in children with different disorders of speech-language functioning. 7 May 2009
• The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-toddler module: a new module of a standardized diagnostic measure for autism spectrum disorders. 3 May 2009
• [Significance of auditory perceptual disorders for pediatric and adolescent psychiatric disorders] 29 Apr 2009
• Frontonasal dysplasia, severe neuropsychological delay, and midline central nervous system anomalies: report of 10 Brazilian male patients. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Language Development Disorders'

Definition: Conditions characterized by language abilities (comprehension and expression of speech and writing) that are below the expected level for a given age, generally in the absence of an intellectual impairment. These conditions may be associated with DEAFNESS; BRAIN DISEASES; MENTAL DISORDERS; or environmental factors.

Descriptor UI: D007805

Alternative terms: Language Development Disorders; Development Disorder, Language; Language Development Disorder; Speech or Language, Developmental Disorder; Language Disorders, Developmental; Developmental Disorder, Speech or Language; Developmental Language Disorders; Developmental Language Disorder; Language Disorder, Developmental; Speech Delay; Delay, Speech; Delays, Speech; Speech Delays; Semantic-Pragmatic Disorder; Semantic Pragmatic Disorder; Semantic-Pragmatic Disorders; Auditory Processing Disorder, Central; Central Auditory Processing Disorder; Language Delay; Language Delays;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.606.150.500.550; C23.888.592.604.150.500.550;

History Note: 1986(1980)

Technical Notes: do not confuse with LANGUAGE DISORDERS, disord of use or comprehension of language: LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS is "failure to understand or speak the language at the expected age"; DF: LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DIS