Children With Developmental Language Disorder Show Deficits in the Production of Musical Rhythmic Groupings.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) show evidence of domain-general deficits in sequentially patterned motor skills. This study focuses on the production of rhythmically grouped sequences drawn from a music task, with the hypothesis that children with DLD will show a sequential pattern learning deficit that crosses language and action domains.

Method

Fifty-seven 4- to 5-year-old children (36 with DLD) drummed and clapped a developmentally appropriate musical rhythmic sequence 24 times (clapped 12 times, drummed 12 times). The accuracy of rhythmic events (markings of claps, drums, and pauses in a target sequence) was assessed through a modification of classic speech and language transcription procedures. The variability and prosodic structure of the rh

SUBMITTER: Kreidler K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10715845 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature