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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Specific Language Impairment (SLI)"”.
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Neurophysiological bases of frequency discrimination in children with Auditory Processing Disorder or Specific Language Impairment
… with Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) or Specific Language Impairment (SLI) could discriminate three different frequency changes behaviorally and electrophysiologically. Behavioral frequency discrimination and event-related potentials were examined using a 1000Hz pure tone base frequency. …
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Auditory Temporal Processing in Children with Specific Language Impairment Compared to Same-Age Controls
It has been proposed that impaired language development in children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) originates from immature auditory temporal integration (ATI), but results are inconsistent. We compared electroencephalographic data from 25 children with SLI aged 6-11 years to 25 typically …
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An improved audiometer for specific language impaired children
… certain frequencies of sound is called a hearing impairment. Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is a very common type of impairment found in many children. Generally, children with SLI are often diagnosed with developmental language disorder and as they grew older they may find difficulty in …
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Creating an SLI performance profile with load
… cognitive factors that may contribute to Specific Language Impairment (SLI). This study attempted to simulate a performance profile of SLI in typically developing children within a grammaticality judgment task, featuring structures historically difficult (third person singular –S and …
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Recognition of Facial Expressions of Six Emotions by Children with Specific Language Impairment
… years, research has shown that children with language impairment often have increased social difficulties. The purpose of this study was to take a closer look at the relationship between language ability and emotion understanding by examining the recognition of facial expressions in children …
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Nonverbal Cognitive Assessment in Specific Language Impairment: A Meta-Analysis
… nonverbal cognitive performance of children with specific language impairment (SLI) and their typically developing (TD) peers. In addition, variability in effect sizes across studies and its relation to the nonverbal cognitive test used, the cut-off criterion employed, participants’ age, and their …
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Event Related Potentials of Syntactic Language Processing in Two Children with Specific Language Impairment: A Case Study
… activity of two children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) and two aged-matched peers while listening to syntactically correct sentences versus syntactically incorrect sentences. The study specifically analyzed the N400 and P600 components. The N400 component is a negative …
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Whole-exome sequencing variant prioritization in individuals with tense and agreement marking deficit— a clinical marker of specific language impairment
Specific language impairment (SLI) has been studied at the genetic level for over 25 years, with varied assessments of language ability defining the SLI phenotype across studies. In the current study, the SLI phenotype is defined by performance on a sensitive and specific measure of grammar …
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A Multiple Perspective Study of Specific Language Impairment and Verbal Communication: Exploring Perceptions of Collaborative Learning
… teacher will encounter students with speech or language difficulties at some point in their teaching career. As children with disabilities and learning exceptionalities spend more time in inclusive classrooms, it is necessary for general education teachers to expand and modify their …
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Mothers' Stories: Influences on Vocabulary and Syntax of African American Children With and Without Language Impairment
… stories told to their children with and without specific language impairment (SLI). It is also concerned with children's gains in vocabulary and syntactic knowledge as a result of listening to these parental stories. The purposes of the study are: (1) to gain an understanding of African American …
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Effects of Verb Familiarity on Finiteness Marking in Children with SLI
Children must acquire multiple language dimensions to ultimately achieve adult levels of language competence. Two such language dimensions, finiteness marking and the verb lexicon, are considered areas of weakness in specific language impairment (SLI). Given these weaknesses, the question arises of …
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Specific Language Impairment and Executive Function: Parent and Teacher Ratings of Behavior
<p><em>Purpose</em>: Children with specific language impairment (SLI) demonstrate difficulty on many performance-based measures of executive function, although their executive performance on ratings of behavior is not well understood. The current investigation used the <em>Behavior Rating Inventory …
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The neuropsychological endophenotype of specific language impairments and autism spectrum disorders: Category or continuum?
… investigation was to illuminate variables of the specific language impairment (SLI) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) neuropsychological endophenotypes and to clarify the nature of overlap between SLI and ASD. Group differences in cognitive functioning, epidemiological factors including proband …
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Predicting Language Impairment Status: A Risk Factor Model
<p>The etiology of specific language impairment (SLI) is multifactorial. Research has shown that genetic, environmental, and developmental factors may influence the course of its development. Because many of these factors are present even before a child is born, it is possible that a child's risk …
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Comparing the oral language abilities of children with autism spectrum disorder and specific language impairment using the Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language (CASL)
… to be a shift of focus away from the expressive language difficulties of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to their social communication difficulties only. A significant body of research, on the other hand, has revealed that many children with ASD present with language impairment …
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Analysis of Electrophysiological Markers and Correlated Components of Neural Responses to Discourse Coherence
<p>Constructing meaning from spoken language is invaluable for learning, social interaction, and communication. In clinical populations with developmental disorders of speech comprehension, the severity of disruption can persist and vary from limiting occupational opportunities to lower performance …