ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENTAL
PROBLEMS AND OUTCOMES
Language is fundamental to human behaviour.
Hence, it is not surprising to find that individuals
with language impairments tend to have associated
difficulties in other aspects of their lives. For
example, recent research indicates developmen-
tal interactions between oral language skills and
areas of functioning such as literacy, memory skills
and more general non-verbal abilities through-
out middle childhood, adolescence and beyond
[11,12].
Still more broadly, there is evidence that young
people growing up with SLI experience greater
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