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ReviewLanguage, speech, and hearing services in schools2018

Understanding Dyslexia in the Context of Developmental Language Disorders.

Suzanne M Adlof, Tiffany P Hogan

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In one paragraph

Review in Language, speech, and hearing services in schools, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05133479 (Translating Research Into School-based Practice Via Small-group, Language-focused Comprehension Intervention), which is not on this map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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54citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
14.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05133479 naactive not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Translating Research Into School-based Practice Via Small-group, Language-focused Comprehension Intervention

TypeinterventionalSponsorMGH Institute of Health ProfessionsRan2021 to 2026Enrolled241ConditionsLanguage Disorders in ChildrenArmsLet's Know! small-group or TierL 2 Intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 190 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Memory Consolidation in Adults With and Without Developmental Language Disorder and Dyslexia.International journal for research in learning disabilities · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Suzanne M AdlofUniversity of South Carolina, Columbia.
Tiffany P HoganMGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA.
MGH Institute of Health Professions · USUniversity of South Carolina · US

Funding

The lexicon and phoneme awarenessR03DC009667 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI HOGAN, TIFFANY P · 2008 to 2010
$503k
Word Learning in Language and Reading Impairment SubgroupsR03DC013399 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI ADLOF, SUZANNE M. · 2013 to 2015
$436k
NIDCD NIH HHS R03 DC009667NIDCD NIH HHS R03 DC013399
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this tutorial is to discuss the language basis of dyslexia in the context of developmental language disorders (DLDs). Whereas most studies have focused on the phonological skills of children with dyslexia, we bring attention to broader language skills. Method: We conducted a focused literature review on the language basis of dyslexia from historical and theoretical perspectives with a special emphasis on the relation between dyslexia and DLD and on the development of broader language skills (e.g., vocabulary, syntax, and discourse) before and after the identification of dyslexia. Results: We present clinically relevant information on the history of dyslexia as a language-based disorder, the operational definitions used to diagnose dyslexia in research and practice, the relation between dyslexia and DLD, and the language abilities of children with dyslexia. Conclusions: We discuss 3 clinical implications for working with children with dyslexia in school settings: (a) Children with dyslexia-with and without comorbid DLDs-often have language deficits outside the phonological domain; (b) intervention should target a child's strengths and weaknesses relative to reading outcomes, regardless of diagnostic labels; and (c) those who have dyslexia, regardless of language abilities at the time of diagnosis, may be at risk for slower language acquisition across their lifetime. Longitudinal studies are needed to assess multiple language skills early, at the time of the diagnosis of dyslexia, and years later to better understand the complex development of language and reading in children with dyslexia.

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ChildChild LanguageChild, PreschoolDyslexiaHumansLanguage Development DisordersLanguage TestsLanguage Therapy

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PMID30458538
PMCPMC6430503
OpenAlexW2898298486

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