title: [Classification of children with specific language impairments: What can we think about them in 2016?]
abstract: Specific language impairments are characterized by a strong semiological heterogeneity. Numerous classifications have been used to bring out this heterogeneity and to create subgroups after outlining specific symptoms and deficits. However, semiological fixed profiles would not be adequate for these disorders related to neurodevelopmental trajectories. This heterogeneity is not only semiological: it is also found within underlying mechanisms, as well as in the etiopathogenesis, which is still not well understood today. The aim of this article is to introduce the main semiological classifications to highlight the fact that the symptomatic level alone is not sufficient to characterize specific language impairments.
authors.affiliation: 30, rue Poullaouec, 29200 Brest, France. Electronic address: sabine_avenet@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Avenet
authors.affiliation: Centre régional de diagnostic des troubles d'apprentissage (CRDTA), université Lille-Nord-de-France, CHRU de Lille, bâtiment Paul-Boulanger, avenue du Professeur-Laguesse, 59000 Lille, France.
authors.forename: M-P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Lemaître
authors.affiliation: Service de neuropédiatrie, hôpital Roger-Salengro, université Lille Nord de France, CHRU de Lille, 59037 Lille cedex, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vallée
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000145:classification*