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AAP Grand Rounds 4:30-31 (2000)
© 2000 American Academy of Pediatrics

CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

The Neurology of Language Disorders

Source: Trauner D, Wulfeck B, Tallal P, et al. Neurological and MRI profiles of children with developmental language impairment. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2000;42:470–475.

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Children with isolated language disorders are generally considered to be neurologically normal. The present study from the University of California San Diego Medical School examined 72 children 5 to 14 years of age with developmental language impairment (LI) and 82 typically developing age-matched controls. Patients were recruited from a variety of sources, ie, speech pathologists, resource teachers, physicians, and advertisements in parents’ magazines and newspapers. Developmental LI is defined as a significant language delay in the absence of mental retardation, autism, hearing impairment, a primary psychiatric diagnosis, or severe environmental deprivation. The assessment for all the children included medical and developmental histories, neurological examinations performed by a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Pasquale Accardo, MD, FAAP
Department of Pediatrics, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

 





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