title: The persistence of language disorders in a group of disadvantaged grade 3 learners.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department Speech-Language-Hearing Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg. dk@sun.ac.za
authors.forename: Daleen
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Klop
authors.forename: Seppo K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Tuomi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011932:Reading; D014477:Underachievement