Julie Dockrell|David Messer|Rachel George
Patterns of naming objects and actions in children with word finding difficulties
University of Hertfordshire|University of Central Lancashire
children experience difficulties naming described word finding difficulties wfds present study 31 children wfds identified wider survey educational provision language communication difficulties children included 64710 years normal nonverbal intelligence major articulation difficulties wfds diagnosed test word finding difficulties three control groups identified matched chronological age n 31 naming age n 31 level receptive grammar n 31 childrens comprehension words accuracy naming latency name assessed numerals letters pictures objects actions half pictures presented high frequency items half low frequency items children wfds formed heterogeneous group respect language measures primary defining feature poor performance word retrieval poor performance semantic fluency test differences found children wfds agematched peers naming letters numerals comprehension objects actions contrast accuracy latency naming significantly worse agematched peers accuracy naming equivalent languagematched peers error patterns also similar however children wfds slowest provide responses naming high frequency objects difference approached significance comparison languagematched peers p 052 findings point importance using appropriate control groups discussed relation idea wfds caused impoverished semantic representations