title: The pediatrician's approach to the preschool child with language delay.
abstract: A systematic approach to the child with suspected language disorder includes screening of expressive language, receptive language, general development, and hearing. Various screening approaches and tools are discussed. Diagnostic categories and associated referral patterns are recommended.
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000150:complications; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010372:Pediatrics; D011379:Prognosis; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis