Gillian Baird|Vicky Slonims|Emily Simonoff|Katharina Dworzynski
Impairment in non-word repetition: a marker for language impairment or reading impairment?
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust|King's College London|Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust|King's College London|King's College London|Royal College of Physicians
deficit nonword repetition nwr measure shortterm phonological memory proposed marker language impairment found language impairment also reading impairment evaluated strength association language impairment reading impairment children current past language impairment assessed differential impairment nwr compared two tests verbal memory children language impairment without reading impairmentour sample comprised children aged 616y 11mo participating study genetics language impairment 78 children 68 families 53 males 25 females current language impairment cli compared 74 siblings 25 children 18 males seven females past history language impairment 49 children 27 males 22 females never language impairment tests used clinical evaluation language fundamentals celf iii childrens test nonword repetition cnrep wide range assessment memory learning wraml verbal memory index wechsler intelligence scale childreniii wisciii digit span wechsler objective reading dimensions worduk reading impairment present twothirds children current language impairment nwr deficits significantly worse children language impairment reading impairment reading decoding p0007 0004 average group compared borderline definitely impaired groups respectively spelling p0002 0005 average group compared borderline severely impaired groups respectively correlated severity language impairment comprehension impairment contrast wisc digit span wraml verbal memory impaired children language impairment differentiate also reading impairmentwe suggest current nwr ability may marker process specifically underlying language impairment cooccurring reading impairment involving reading decoding spelling rather generic correlate language impairment verbal memory deficits appear pervasive children language impairment