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Receptive and Expressive Language Disorders

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It has been suggested that delay or difficulty in acquiring language milestones in early childhood may be the most reliable indication of developmental disorders of all kinds. These deficits may provide more reliable predictors than motor delays, visuoperceptual or attentional deficits, or any other signs of high-risk status. Why should delay in language acquisition be of greater significance than any other developmental delays? It may be that language acquisition is one of the most complex of all developmental processes. Acquisition of both receptive and expressive language may depend on the integrity of many different mechanisms and also on the establishment of smooth interactions among these mechanisms. Thus, if any one is impaired or if they are not properly integrated, language delay may result and may provide the first indication of disorder.

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  1. Department of Neurology, John F. Kennedy Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, USA

    Rachel E. Stark

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  1. Institute for Child Development, Hackensack Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, USA

    Marvin I. Gottlieb M.D., Ph.D. (Director, Professor) & John E. Williams M.D. (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor) (Director, Professor) &  (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor)

  2. Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, USA

    Marvin I. Gottlieb M.D., Ph.D. (Director, Professor) & John E. Williams M.D. (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor) (Director, Professor) &  (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor)

  3. Section of Developmental Pediatrics, Hackensack Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, USA

    John E. Williams M.D. (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor) (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor)

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Stark, R.E. (1987). Receptive and Expressive Language Disorders. In: Gottlieb, M.I., Williams, J.E. (eds) Textbook of Developmental Pediatrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1797-5_11

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