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Neurological status of language‐impaired and normal children
Author(s) -
Johnston Robert B.,
Stark Rachel E.,
Mellits E. David,
Tallal Paula
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410100206
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , discriminant function analysis , audiology , psychology , population , developmental psychology , medicine , mathematics , statistics , environmental health
The performance on a neurological test battery of 33 language‐impaired children who had no gross neurological findings and 37 normal children controlled for age, performance IQ, and socioeconomic status was compared. The language‐impaired group was distinguished by less efficient performance in a number of areas, particularly in tasks involving rate of movement, perception of dichhaptic stimuli, and left‐right identification. Discriminant function analysis identified six variables that correctly classified 87% of the population into their respective normal and language‐impaired groups.