Is there an overlap between Specific Language Impairment and Developmental Dyslexia? New insights from French
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Ioanna Talli
Abstract
Reading skills (word reading and reading comprehension), phonological short-term memory (STM), listening comprehension and oral expression were examined in two clinical groups (one with Specific Language Impairment [SLI] and one with Developmental Dyslexia [DD]) in both a group study and a multiple-case study. In comparison to chronological age controls, significant and highly prevalent deficits were found in word reading and reading comprehension for children with DD. By contrast, deficits in listening comprehension, oral expression and phonological STM were found to be more significant and more prevalent in children with SLI. These results are in line with models that conceive SLI and DD as distinct developmental disorders rather than differing only in the degree of phonological impairment involved.
Abstract
Reading skills (word reading and reading comprehension), phonological short-term memory (STM), listening comprehension and oral expression were examined in two clinical groups (one with Specific Language Impairment [SLI] and one with Developmental Dyslexia [DD]) in both a group study and a multiple-case study. In comparison to chronological age controls, significant and highly prevalent deficits were found in word reading and reading comprehension for children with DD. By contrast, deficits in listening comprehension, oral expression and phonological STM were found to be more significant and more prevalent in children with SLI. These results are in line with models that conceive SLI and DD as distinct developmental disorders rather than differing only in the degree of phonological impairment involved.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Introduction 1
- The Genetics of Specific Language Impairment (SLI) 7
- Language disorders in children with Developmental Dyslexia 35
- Is there an overlap between Specific Language Impairment and Developmental Dyslexia? New insights from French 57
- Comparing SLI and dyslexia: developmental language profiles and reading outcomes 89
- Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is not specific enough: Sub-types of SLI and their implications for the theory of the disorder 113
- Memory profiles of children with SLI 125
- The relationship between SLI in English and Modern Greek 145
- Null Subjects in Monolingual and Bilingual, Typical and Atypical Development 175
- Quantification in Catalan SLI 191
- Specific Language Impairment in German Children 215
- The acquisition of past tense by Greek-speaking children with Specific Language Impairment 253
- Theory Motivated Therapy Studies of SLI 287
- Index 319
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Introduction 1
- The Genetics of Specific Language Impairment (SLI) 7
- Language disorders in children with Developmental Dyslexia 35
- Is there an overlap between Specific Language Impairment and Developmental Dyslexia? New insights from French 57
- Comparing SLI and dyslexia: developmental language profiles and reading outcomes 89
- Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is not specific enough: Sub-types of SLI and their implications for the theory of the disorder 113
- Memory profiles of children with SLI 125
- The relationship between SLI in English and Modern Greek 145
- Null Subjects in Monolingual and Bilingual, Typical and Atypical Development 175
- Quantification in Catalan SLI 191
- Specific Language Impairment in German Children 215
- The acquisition of past tense by Greek-speaking children with Specific Language Impairment 253
- Theory Motivated Therapy Studies of SLI 287
- Index 319
