Specific Language Impairment in a Colombian Children Sample

The Neuroscience Group of Antioquia evaluated two hundred and four children from 6 to 16 years old with speech and language problems and 51 of them meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria for Specific Language Impairment (SLI). The SLI group underwent a neuropsychological and linguistic test to co...

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Autor Principal: Hincapié Henao, Liliana; Universidad de Antioquia
Otros Autores: Giraldo Prieto, Mario; Universidad de Antioquia, Lopera Restrepo, Francisco; Universidad de Antioquia, Pineda Salazar, David; Universidad de Antioquia, Castro Rebolledo, Rodrigo; Universidad de Antioquia, Lopera Vásquez, Juan Pablo; Universidad de Antioquia, Mendieta Villamizar, Nora, Jaramillo Pérez, Angela, Arboleda Ramírez, Alejandra; Universidad de Antioquia
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: spa
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2009
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Acceso en línea: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/article/view/557
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Sumario: The Neuroscience Group of Antioquia evaluated two hundred and four children from 6 to 16 years old with speech and language problems and 51 of them meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria for Specific Language Impairment (SLI). The SLI group underwent a neuropsychological and linguistic test to compare their cognitive and linguistic skills with a control group of asymptomatic children. When compared to the control group, SLI children showed significant differences in comprehension tests, particularly in complex morphosyntactic structures and elaborated sentences; in verbal expression, especially formulated sentences; repetition test of non-sense words; naming errors and marked disadvantages in readingwriting sub-tests