The phases of receptive language processing and speech production influenced by hypothesized deficits in children with specific language impairment are illustrated schematically in Figures 1 and 2.

Immigrant children still mastering the English language risk being shuffled into special education services they don't need, because of errors in assessment for speech problems, according to a new ...

Imagine if every conversation you had was like speaking with someone in a foreign language that you only partially understood. Your conversations—to the extent they could be called that—would be ...

Researchers from Russia and the U.S. have found language impairment in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to be associated with a lower volume of gray matter and greater gyrification in the ...

Researchers have discovered that a system in the brain for processing grammar is impaired in some children with specific language impairment, but that these children compensate with a different brain ...

A new study of the genetic origins of dyslexia and other learning disabilities could allow for earlier diagnoses and more successful interventions, according to researchers at Yale School of Medicine.

East Hanover, NJ. April 21, 2021. Kessler Foundation researchers showed that people with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience subtle language impairments that standard neuropsychological tests may ...

A small study showed that participants diagnosed with schizophrenia who spoke two languages had more speech impairments in their second language (L2) than in their first language (L1), including using ...

An extensive autopsy study identifies diseases that cause progressive impairments of language, such as difficulty with grammar or word comprehension. A new study from Northwestern University (IL, USA) ...

Nancy Wallace had no idea the impact that placing a couple of crayons and a blank sheet of paper in front of her young son Nahoma would have on the rest of his life. Diagnosed from birth with mild ...