Article
Familial transmission of speech and language impairment: a preliminary investigation.
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie - 1 Apr 1992
Beitchman J H, Hood J, Inglis A
Abstract excerpt
The familial transmission of speech and language disorders was investigated using a community sample of five year old children with speech and/or language impairment and a control group with normal language skills. The results indicated a significantly higher prevalence rate of language-related problems in families of speech and language impaired children than in normal language controls. Girls with...
Topics
- Child of Impaired Parents
- Child, Preschool
- Dyslexia
- Female
- Humans
- Language Development Disorders
- Male
- Phenotype
- Risk Factors
- Sex Factors
- Social Environment
- Speech Disorders