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ArticlePerspectives of the ASHA special interest groups2026

A Response to Blanc and Colleagues' Viewpoint on Gestalt Language Processing and the Natural Language Acquisition Protocol: Concerns and Common Ground.

Emily Lorang, Janine Mathée-Scott, Jennifer Johnson, Courtney E Venker

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Article in Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groups, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Emily LorangDepartment of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, Michigan State University, East Lansing.ORCID 0000-0002-2174-4258
Janine Mathée-ScottDepartment of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.
Jennifer JohnsonDepartment of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
Courtney E VenkerDepartment of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, Michigan State University, East Lansing.ORCID 0000-0002-5244-3634

Funding

How Single-Word and Telegraphic Simplification Affects Language Processing and Word Learning in Young Children with Down SyndromeR01DC020165 · NIDCD · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Courtney E Venker · 2022 to 2026
$4.0M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC020165
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gestalt Language Processing (GLP) and the Natural Language Acquisition (NLA) protocol have recently grown in popularity in the field of speech-language pathology. However, significant controversy surrounds the ideas proposed and clinical strategies recommended within GLP/NLA. In this commentary, we respond to the

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PMCPMC13148292

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