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Language Development Disorders - Epidemiology
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Definition of 'Language Development Disorders'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. Common names: 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 |
Monday, November 23, 2009
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...
Language in pediatric epilepsy.
12 Jul 2009 PURPOSE: This study examined the severity and range of linguistic impairments in young, intermediate, and adolescent youth with epilepsy and how these deficits were associated with illness effects, nonverbal intelligence, psychopathology, and ... Read more...
The Nun study: clinically silent AD, neuronal hypertrophy, and linguistic skills in early life.
6 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: It is common to find substantial Alzheimer disease (AD) lesions, i.e., neuritic beta-amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, in the autopsied brains of elderly subjects with normal cognition assessed shortly before death. We have ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Language Development Disorders - Epidemiology'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Language development before and after temporal surgery in children with intractable epilepsy. 6 Aug 2009
- Language in pediatric epilepsy. 12 Jul 2009
- The Nun study: clinically silent AD, neuronal hypertrophy, and linguistic skills in early life. 6 Jul 2009
- Functional skills of individuals with fragile x syndrome: a lifespan cross-sectional analysis. 29 Jun 2009
- Trajectories of receptive language development from 3 to 12 years of age for very preterm children.
29 Jun 2009 - Loss of language in early development of autism and specific language impairment. 29 Jun 2009
- Early language delay and predictive factors in children aged 2 years. 29 Jun 2009
- Autism in Saudi Arabia: presentation, clinical correlates and comorbidity. 30 May 2009
- Television viewing in Thai infants and toddlers: impacts to language development and parental perceptions. 20 May 2009
- Motor impairments in children associated with impairments of speech or language: a meta-analytic review of research literature. 29 Apr 2009
- Epidemiology of speech and language impairment in a nationally representative sample of 4- to 5-year-old children. 27 Apr 2009
- What influences literacy outcome in children with speech sound disorder? 27 Apr 2009
- Comorbidity of motor and language impairments in preschool children of Taiwan. 16 Mar 2009
- Academic performance in ADHD when controlled for comorbid learning disorders, family income, and parental education in Brazil. 27 Feb 2009
- Effect of different treatments in young children with language problems. 18 Feb 2009
- Comparative analysis of three screening instruments for autism spectrum disorder in toddlers at high risk. 8 Feb 2009
- Language and reading abilities of children with autism spectrum disorders and specific language impairment and their first-degree relatives. 30 Jan 2009
- Delayed language development due to infantile thiamine deficiency. 24 Jan 2009
- [Neuropsychological profiles associated with the children's oral language disorders] 30 Dec 2008
- Relations among speech, language, and reading disorders. 30 Dec 2008
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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