title: [Specific language impairment in adolescents: a follow-up case study].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A follow-up study of an individual with Specific Language Impairment.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe the oral and written language development of an adolescent during 13 years of intervention.
  
  
  METHODS
  A Male subject, 16 years old, in the second year of high school, who was assessed during the years with different language and auditory procedures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Subject still presents oral and written language deficits, but these do not compromise intelligibility in any level.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The studied subject presented significant language development during the therapeutic process. However, corroborating with other literature data, deficits still remain.
authors.affiliation: Livre Docente do Curso de Fonoaudiologia da Faculdade de Medincina da Universidade de São Paulo. dmblopes@usp.br
authors.forename: Debora Maria
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Befi-Lopes
authors.forename: Amalia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D007807:Language Tests; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology; D014956:Writing