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American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Vol.11 77-91 February 2002. doi:10.1044/1058-0360(2002/009)
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Understanding the Language Difficulties of Children With Specific Language Impairments

Does Verbal Working Memory Matter?

James W. Montgomery 1
1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

JimMontgomery{at}med.unc.edu

Many children with specific language impairment (SLI) demonstrate deficits in both verbal working memory (VWM) and language. Among child language researchers, the debate continues whether these two deficits are related. In this article, I take the position that there is indeed a connection between SLI and VWM. I review evidence suggesting that the lexical/morphological learning and sentence comprehension problems of many of these children are associated with deficient VWM abilities. Evidence is also reviewed for the possibility that deficient VWM provides a clinical marker of SLI. I end by offering various assessment and intervention techniques that may prove useful in SLI.

Key Words: children, specific language impairment, verbal working memory, language learning, comprehension

Submitted on February 20, 2001
Accepted on August 20, 2001


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