[Onset of language development in general developmental delay at age 5]

(Sprachentwicklungsbeginn bei allgemeinem Entwicklungsrückstand mit fünf Jahren.)

Full Abstract

The course of development of a 5-year-old boy with a serious developmental retardation and massive behaviour problems who spoke only a few words is documented and described with psychometric tests and spontaneous language samples up to the age of 8-9. Inspite of this developmental retardation and poor care, the child reached until then an average to above-average intelligence in nonverbal functions. The symptoms were reduced only to a specific language impairment. At the age of 11, this disorder as well had practically disappeared. Such a course of development after the age of 5 is not common, whereas a specific language impairment normally remains a deficit. Possible causes for this favourable development are discussed.

Author information

Author/s: Süss-Burghart, H (H);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Case Reports; English Abstract; Journal Article

Journal: Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie (Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr), published in GERMANY. (Language: ger)

Reference: 1995-Mar; vol 44 (issue 3) : pp 93-7

Dates: Created 1995/07/19; Completed 1995/07/19; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 7540303, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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