Training understanding of reversible sentences: a study comparing language-impaired children with age-matched and grammar-matched controls.

ABSTRACT: Introduction. Many children with specific language impairment (SLI) have problems with language comprehension, and little is known about how to remediate these. We focused here on errors in interpreting sentences such as "the ball is above the cup", where the spatial configuration depends on word order. We asked whether comprehension of such short reversible sentences could be improved by computerized training, and whether learning by children with SLI resembled that of younger, typically-developing children. Methods. We trained 28 children with SLI aged 6-11 years, 28 typically-developing children aged from 4 to 7 years who were matched to the SLI group for raw scores on a test of receptive grammar, and 20 typically-developing children who were matched to the SLI group on chronological ag

SUBMITTER: Hsu HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4226637 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature