Detection of specific language impairment in young children in well-child healthcare: early detection of children with specific language impairment using language milestones and risk factors

Specific language impairment (SLI), or developmental language disorder, is the most prevalent development disorder in childhood. However, most children with SLI are detected late. Predictive properties of language milestones and risk factors for having SLI later in life were investigated in a nested case-control study. The outcomes showed that...

Concise tool based on language milestones identifies children with specific language impairment at 24 to 45 months of age

Aim This study aimed to develop a concise tool with acceptable predictive properties to identify young children with specific language impairment (SLI). Methods In this nested case-control study children with SLI attending two special needs schools for severe speech and language difficulties in the Netherlands were matched by date of birth and...

Children with specific language impairment are more likely to reach motor milestones late

Background: Delayed language development without an obvious cause is considered an isolated developmental disorder and is called specific language impairment (SLI). SLI is probably the most prevalent developmental disorder in childhood with a generally cited prevalence of 7%. This study aimed to investigate whether SLI is always an isolated...

Failure to meet language milestones at two years of age is predictive of specific language impairment

This study established predictive properties of single language milestones for specific language impairment (SLI) after the age of four, as these had not previously been reported in the literature. Methods In this nested case-control study, children attending special needs schools for severe speech and language difficulties were matched with...