Early Language Delay and Specific Language Impairment

摘要: Early language delay (ELD) is a warning sign that may presage the presence of later impairment (LI). In order to allow more targeted identification and earlier intervention for LI, better diagnostic measures toddlers are needed. Development accurate predictive/diagnostic models requires consideration set complex interrelated questions around definition, causality, theories LIs. A multifactorial model development LI essential increase accuracy prediction. This article examines what known about in preschool years toddlers, these relation Procedural Deficit Hypothesis (Ullman Pierpont, [2005] Cortex 41:399-433] Statistical Learning Account (Stokes et al., [2012a] J Speech Lang Hear Res; Stokes [2012b] Child 39:105-129) suggest new framework characterizing ELD assist prediction LI.