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Understanding developmental language disorder - the Helsinki longitudinal SLI study (HelSLI): a study protocol

Abstract

BackgroundDevelopmental language disorder (DLD, also called specific language impairment, SLI) is a common developmental disorder comprising the largest disability group in pre-school-aged children. Approximately 7% of the population is expected to have developmental language difficulties. However, the specific etiological factors leading to DLD are not yet known and even the typical linguistic features appear to vary by language. We present …

Authors

Laasonen M; Smolander S; Lahti-Nuuttila P; Leminen M; Lajunen H-R; Heinonen K; Pesonen A-K; Bailey TM; Pothos EM; Kujala T

Journal

BMC Psychology, Vol. 6, No. 1,

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

December 2018

DOI

10.1186/s40359-018-0222-7

ISSN

2050-7283