Examining the Cause of Specific Language Impairment
- 1 April 1991
- journal article
- Published by American Speech Language Hearing Association in Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools
- Vol. 22 (2) , 69-74
- https://doi.org/10.1044/0161-1461.2202.69
Abstract
In contrast with Leonard (in this clinical forum), I believe understanding the cause of specific-language impairment is an important issue in the study of this condition. A model of language impairment that contains two primary sources of causation is proposed and then applied to the problem of specific-language impairment. Further, Leonard is interpreted as proposing that specific-language impairment is caused by the same factors as those that cause normal variation in language function. In light of this, a method of testing this hypothesis is provided.Keywords
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