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A comparison of attitudes towards stuttering of non-stuttering preschoolers in the United States and Turkey

South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2017
Background and objectives: Extensive research documents ubiquitous negative attitudes towards stuttering, but when and how they develop is unclear. This non-experimental, comparative study examined US and Turkish preschoolers to explore the origin of ...
Mary E. Weidner, Kenneth O. St. Louis, Egemen Nakisci, Ramazan S. Ozdemir   +3 more
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Copy number variation screen identifies a rare de novo deletion at chromosome 15q13.1-13.3 in a child with language impairment

, 2015
A significant proportion of children (up to 7% in the UK) present with pronounced language difficulties that cannot be explained by obvious causes like other neurological and medical conditions.
Dianne F Newbury, Paracchini, Silvia, Emily Reeves, Charles Hulme, Pettigrew, Kerry A., Hayiou-Thomas, Marianna E., Margaret J Snowling, Simpson, Nuala H., Thompson, Paul A., Paul Thompson, Margaret J. Snowling (782135), Marianna E Hayiou-Thomas, Marianna E. Hayiou-Thomas (782131), Nuala H Simpson, Anahita Sharma, Angela Martinelli (782133), Thompson, Paul; id_orcid, Thompson, Paul, Hulme, Charles, Charles Hulme (782134), Snowling, Margaret J., Ruth Leavett, Silvia Paracchini, Kerry A. Pettigrew (782128), Anahita Sharma (782132), Silvia Paracchini (238619), Emily Reeves (782129), Kerry A Pettigrew, Angela Martinelli, Martinelli, Angela, Newbury, Dianne F., Sharma, Anahita, Ruth Leavett (782130), Dianne F. Newbury (297003), Leavett, Ruth, Paul Thompson (515751), Reeves, Emily, Nuala H. Simpson (703485)   +37 more
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Speech and Language Disorders in Children

South African Family Practice, 1989
No abstract available.
Brenda Louw
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Mortality in Mental Disorders and Global Disease Burden Implications

JAMA psychiatry, 2015
IMPORTANCE Despite the potential importance of understanding excess mortality among people with mental disorders, no comprehensive meta-analyses have been conducted quantifying mortality across mental disorders.
E. Walker, Robin E. McGee, B. Druss
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Rate of speech affects the comprehension of pronouns in children with developmental language disorder

Frontiers in Language Sciences
This study examined whether children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) have knowledge of binding principles (i.e., linking pronouns to their structurally licensed antecedent) during real-time sentence processing (cross-modal priming, real-time ...
Noelle Abbott, Ignatius Nip, Ignatius Nip, Tracy Love, Tracy Love   +4 more
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Language Disorders in Multilingual and Multicultural Populations

Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 2013
We review the characteristics of developmental language disorders (primary language impairment, reading disorders, autism, Down syndrome) and acquired language disorders (aphasia, dementia, traumatic brain injury) among multilingual and multicultural ...
M. Goral, Peggy S. Conner
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Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to investigate developmental language disorders

, 2008
Book synopsis: Developmental language disorders (DLD) occur when a child fails to develop his or her native language often for no apparent reason. Delayed development of speech and/or language is one of the most common reasons for parents of preschool ...
Dick, Frederic, Saccuman, M.C., Richardson, Fiona M.   +2 more
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Do children with language impairment tell depressing and anxious stories? An emotion-based narrative language sample analysis of over 1000 children

Language and Health
Children with language impairment (LI) experience increased mental health challenges, which may be reflected in the words they use to tell stories.
Scott R. Schroeder, Max R. Freeman, Glennys A. Cuatlacuatl, Journee Cunningham, Natalie M. Jordan, Alexandra K. Occhiuto   +5 more
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Impact of Diglossia on Word and Non-word Repetition among Language Impaired and Typically Developing Arabic Native Speaking Children

Frontiers in Psychology, 2017
The study tested the impact of the phonological and lexical distance between a dialect of Palestinian Arabic spoken in the north of Israel (SpA) and Modern Standard Arabic (StA or MSA) on word and non-word repetition in children with specific language ...
Elinor Saiegh-Haddad, Ola Ghawi-Dakwar
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Characteristics of specific reading disability in children from a neuropsychological clinic in Mexico City

Salud Pública de México, 2002
Objective. This report describes the main clinical features associated with specific reading disability (RD) in a group of 778 school-age children studied in a Neuropsychological Clinic in Mexico City. Material and Methods.
Poblano Adrián, Borja Sonia, Elías Yolanda, García-Pedroza Felipe, Arias Ma de Lourdes   +4 more
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