Young people with specific language impairment (SLI) are at risk for poorer outcomes with
respect to employment in adulthood, yet little is known of how early school-age prework …

This clinical study focused on effects of childhood specific language impairment (SLI) on
daily functioning in late life. SLI is a neurobiological disorder with genetic predisposition and …

By definition, individuals with language impairments have reduced ability in language—any
language and all languages. Many language impairments are explained by obvious …

This chapter describes long-term outcomes for children with speech and language
difficulties and how speech and language difficulties (SLD) impact on later childhood and …

The power of symbolic systems to mediate and organize people's experience of the world is
central to modern cultures. For many years, Katherine Nelson's work has touched on …

Investigations of the cognitive processes underlying Specific Language Impairment (SLI)
have implicated deficits in the storage and processing of phonological or verbal information …

The young adult norms for the Test of Adolescent/Adult Language-3 (TOAL-3; D. Hammill et
al., 1994) are based only on individuals who pursued postsecondary education, a restriction …

“Specific language impairment”(SLI) refers to a significant limitation in language ability in
individuals who exhibit normal hearing acuity, age-appropriate scores on nonverbal tests of …

Parents and stakeholders are directly affected by the support required by a dysphasic child.
Research is currently taking place in Quebec on the needs of dysphasic children and youth …

Specific language impairment (SLI) has been described as a significant language
impairment that has no obvious cause and that cannot be attributed to anatomical, physical …