The persistence of language disorders in a group of disadvantaged grade 3 learners.
A strong correlation between early language impairment and academic failure has been suggested by past research. This followup cohort study of 25 monolingual, disadvantaged grade 3 learners investigated whether the language impairments diagnosed in their preschool year were still evident after 3 years of school attendance, maturation and speech-language therapy. The results verified the persistence of preschool language impairments, which have been associated with poor reading and academic failure.
Klop
Daleen
D
Department Speech-Language-Hearing Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg. dk@sun.ac.za
Tuomi
Seppo K
SK
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011932:Reading; D014477:Underachievement