title: [Clinical usefulness of the classifications of developmental language disorders].
abstract: There have been several proposals for the classification of language disorders in children; some of them are based on the desire to differentiate in terms of its possible cause, while others are based on the criteria for symptoms grouping ('syndromes'), in order to facilitate the diagnostic process and orientate some intervention programs. In the first part, there is an analysis of the advantages and limitations of the most popular classifications, pointing to the inaccuracy on description basis and to the inability to distinguish between several subgroups. In the second part, it is analysed the clinical purpose of using these nomenclatures. Finally, the idea of using a clinical tool is proposed, in order to include the severity criteria of symptoms in the differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Centro Entender y Hablar, Pez Austral 15, Madrid, Spain. isabellemonfort@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Monfort
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monfort
mesh_terms: D001308:Auditory Perceptual Disorders / Q000150:complications; D015984:Causality; D002648:Child; D002663:Child Language; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000150:complications; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D007807:Language Tests; D007808:Language Therapy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D063189:Symptom Assessment; D013577:Syndrome; D009626:Terminology as Topic