Exam 11: Developmental Language Impairment During the Preschool Years

John was born with Usher's Syndrome.His diagnosis may impact his language development because of the following sensory deficit

Failure to acquire words during the second year of life is a sign of language delay.

The overall sequence of language development in children with Down's Syndrome is significantly different from that of children developing language normally.

Michael's literal repetition of his teacher's questions may be

Two -year old Matthew has a severe sensorineural hearing loss and exhibits developmental language delay.He is provided with a hearing aid to correct possible speech and language problems caused by the loss.This type of service delivery approach is termed

Significant expressive language delay rarely interferes with social development and academic achievement.

Parents begin to attribute meaning to their child's behaviors

Justin exhibits poor vocabulary comprehension,poor sentence recall and sentence processing,and poor attention to task.These behaviors are indicative of

Two-year old Carrie is demonstrating typical development.Her parents report that she makes statements such as

Developmental language delay may range in severity from mild to severe.

First words are usually adjectives that are 1-2 syllables in length and contain speech sounds such as /f,v,s,z/.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome FAS)places a child at risk for language delay.

Children who do not effectively use early communicative vocalizations and gestures to establish joint attention and to engage in social interaction often experience language delay later in life.

Most children understand more words than they produce; hence their expressive language skills are better than their receptive language skills.

Lisa is three years old.Her speech is intelligible,but her vocabulary appears to be restricted to only 50 words.She does not combine words to make phrases,yet she manages to establish joint attention with her parents and familiar adults.She uses language and gestures to accomplish functions such as making requests,commenting on people,objects and events and to engage in play.Lisa seems to be demonstrating delayed language in the areas of

The speech-language pathologist describes 2 year-old Julie's language sample as consisting mainly of nouns,verbs and adjectives.The speech-language pathologist is describing Julie's

Children with developmental language delay often produce their first word around 10-12 months of age similar to children developing language normally.

Four-year old Michael exhibits severe communication and language delay.He does not interact well with his family or friends and often avoids eye contact.He isolates himself from his peers in daycare preferring to stack blocks repeatedly.When his teachers ask him questions,he simply repeats the question.Lately his parents have noticed that Michael has stopped using many of the words he used previously.The speech-language pathologist decides to structure her evaluation to test the hypothesis that Michael may be exhibiting communication and language behaviors characteristic of