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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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Abilities of children with developmental language disorders in perceiving phonological, grammatical, and semantic structures

Auteurs: Georgios P. Georgiou, PhD, Elena Theodorou, PhD

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 11/2023

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the perception of phonological, grammatical, and semantic structures by 8 children (age range: 8;2–9;5) with developmental language disorders (DLD). Another 8 age-matched (age range: 8;4–10;0) typically developing (TD) children served as controls. The results demonstrated that children with DLD had lower performance than children with TD in the phonology and grammar tests, corroborating earlier findings, which reported difficulties of children with DLD in discriminating voicing contrasts and perceiving grammatical structures. However, both groups had similar performance in the semantic test. The absence of semantic atypicality can be explained possibly due to the simplicity of the sentences included in the test. The study offers important clinical implications for the identification and treatment of the disorder.

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Titel: Abilities of children with developmental language disorders in perceiving phonological, grammatical, and semantic structures
Auteurs: Georgios P. Georgiou, PhD
Elena Theodorou, PhD
Publicatiedatum: 20-04-2022
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 11/2023
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05548-5

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