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Peer reviewedEdwards, Jan; Lahey, Margaret – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1999
This study compared picture-naming ability of 66 children (ages 4:3 to 9:7), half with expressive-only language deficits (SLI-exp) and half with receptive and expressive language (SLI-mix) deficits, with 66 children with no language impairment.Specific language impairment (SLI) children made more errors than controls and SLI-exp children made more…
Descriptors: Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Error Analysis (Language), Expressive Language
Peer reviewedLahey, Margaret; Edwards, Jan – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1995
Analysis of characteristics of 53 children with specific language impairment (SLI), ages 4 to 9, suggested that family history is related to pattern of language performance. Children with deficits in only expressive language had a higher proportion of affected family members than did children with both expressive and receptive language deficits.…
Descriptors: Etiology, Expressive Language, Family Environment, Family Influence
