Speed of processing in children with specific language impairment

Carol A MILLER; Robert KOIL; Laurence B LEONARD; J. Bruce TOMBLIN

doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2001/034)

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Speed of processing in children with specific language impairment

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Speed of processing in children with specific language impairment

Carol A MILLER, Robert KOIL, Laurence B LEONARD and J. Bruce TOMBLIN

Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, Vol.44(2), pp.416-433

2001

DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2001/034)

PMID: 11324662

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Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the speed with which children with specific language impairment (SLI) respond on a range of tasks. Seventy-seven third-grade children participated in 10 different tasks (involving a total of 41 conditions), including nonlinguistic and linguistic activities. Mean response times RTs) of children with SLI (n=29) increased as a function of mean RTs of children with normal language (NLD, n=29) under each of three different regression models; children with SLI responded more slowly across all task conditions, and also when linguistic and nonlinguistic tasks were analyzed separately. Children with nonspecific language impairment (NLI) were also included (n=19). The results were similar to those for children with SLI, but the degree of slowing was greater. The results of the group analyses support the hypothesis that speed of processing in children with SLI is generally slower than that of children with normal language. However, some children with SLI do not appear to show deficits of this type.

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Title: Subtitle: Speed of processing in children with specific language impairment
Creators: Carol A MILLER - Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
Robert KOIL - Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
Laurence B LEONARD - Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
J. Bruce TOMBLIN - University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, Vol.44(2), pp.416-433
Publisher: American Speech Language Hearing Association; Rockville, MD
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2001/034)
PMID: 11324662
ISSN: 1092-4388
eISSN: 1558-9102
Language: English
Date published: 2001
Academic Unit: Communication Sciences and Disorders; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Record Identifier: 9984072099102771

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