JLP315H1 Lecture Notes - Phonological Deficit, Specific Language Impairment, Asperger Syndrome
Document Summary
Specific language impairment no deficit in intelligence. No hearing disorder, no autism, no significant intelligence deficit generally affect small percent of children. Hearing impairment common source of language difficulty because cannot hear properly relatively normal social interaction not condition of aspergers or autism . Developmental delay rarely persists into adulthood with intervention of speech tehrapists, speech improves. Late talkers later than average on reaching linguistic milestones . Impaired fast mapping children require 2x as many instances of new word in order to learn a new word. Sli can both have problem with learning lexical items. Syntactic deficit primary diagnostic are generally based on syntax. Particular problem with using grammatical morphmes and applying morphosyntactic rules of grammar. Specific language impairment do not compare children on basis of age, compare on basis of. Mlu sli child is older typically than typically developing child when matched for mlu. The pragmatic skills can lead to some problems with social skills not always given.
