Neurological status of language‐impaired and normal children

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Abstract
The performance on a neurological test battery of 33 language‐impaired children who had no gross neurological findings and 37 normal children controlled for age, performance IQ, and socioeconomic status was compared. The language‐impaired group was distinguished by less efficient performance in a number of areas, particularly in tasks involving rate of movement, perception of dichhaptic stimuli, and left‐right identification. Discriminant function analysis identified six variables that correctly classified 87% of the population into their respective normal and language‐impaired groups.