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This paper considers the contributions of Katrina de Hirsch to the understanding of developmental language disabilities. It focuses on subjects that especially interested her: neurophysiological immaturity, the cluttering syndrome, the prediction of reading failure, intervention, and normal language development.
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Jansky, J.J. Language and the developing child: Pivotal ideas of Katrina de Hirsch. Annals of Dyslexia 36, 196–214 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02648030
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