What is specific language damage?
Specific language damage is a disorder that delays the development of language in children. Children with this disorder speak much later than other children and fight many basic concepts in language. A specific language disorder may disrupt the child's ability to understand the language and the child's ability to communicate. It is usually manifested in preschool age and can be diagnosed very precisely by a pathologist of speech language. Early intervention is crucial with this condition, because untreated damage to a specific language can later lead to serious problems such as difficult reading. This condition is sometimes referred to as a "pure" language to refer to them and distinguishes it from the affection that can be caused by structural differences in the brain or learning disabilities that contribute to problems with acquiring languages.
problems with phonological consciousness are often an early symptom of specific language damage, and the child seeks to understand and formulate speech sounds and has problems with how individual they can bephonemes connected to words. Children can formulate short, simple sentences and have difficulty in creating or understanding complex sentences. Another characteristic feature of this condition is the problems with verbs and articles. A child with specific language damage could say "he rides a bike" or "painted a house".
The cause of specific language damage is unknown. There is a strong genetic component and the condition seems to be more common in boys than in girls. Some scientists have suggested that this may be due to the auditory processing disorder that makes it difficult to perceive the language, and others have suggested that there may be functional differences with a specific language in the child's brain, but that these differences cannot be clearly visualized by current brain imaging methods.
Treatment of specific language damage is the therapy by a pathologist of speech language that can help the child acquire language skills. Parents and teachers who identifySigns of specific language disability should make sure that the child is made to evaluate to determine why the child is fighting language and which steps can be taken to solve the situation. Low income parents may benefit from government aid that is designed to provide early intervention for childhood disorders; Social workers have more information about such assistance and how to approach it.