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Project

Morphosyntactic Abilities of SLI Probands and Families

Center:

NE-Munroe-Meyer Institute of Genetics & Rehabilitation, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2009

Contact Information:

Shelley Smith
[email protected]
402-559-5314

Project Description:

Specific Language Impairment is a developmental childhood language disorder affecting the elements of receptive and expressive language. Although articulation may be fine, this disorder makes children very hard to understand, and they may have difficulty comprehending spoken language as well. Family and twin studies have produced evidence for genetic influence, but it has been hard to localize specific genes that affect SLI. This project will lead to a more precise definition of the phenotype which should allow individual genes to emerge that may play a key role in SLI.

Keyword(s):

Specific Language Impairment, childhood language disorder, genetics

Core Function(s):

Performing Research or Evaluation

Area of Emphasis

Health-Related Activities

Target Audience:

Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Specific Groups

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

Regional