JSLHR
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research Vol.42 1249-1260 October 1999.
© American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow My Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Weismer, S. E.
Right arrow Articles by Hesketh, L. J.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Weismer, S. E.
Right arrow Articles by Hesketh, L. J.

An Examination of Verbal Working Memory Capacity in Children With Specific Language Impairment

Susan Ellis Weismer 1
Julia Evans 1

Linda J. Hesketh 2
1 Department of Communicative Disorders and Waisman Center University of Wisconsin-Madison
2 Waisman Center University of Wisconsin-Madison

sweismer{at}facstaff.wisc.edu

This study investigated verbal working memory capacity in children with specific language impairment (SLI). The task employed in this study was the Competing Language Processing Task (CLPT) developed by Gaulin and Campbell (1994). A total of 40 school-age children participated in this investigation, including 20 with SLI and 20 normal language (NL) age-matched controls. Results indicated that the SLI and NL groups performed similarly in terms of true/false comprehension items, but that the children with SLI evidenced significantly poorer word recall than the NL controls, even when differences in nonverbal cognitive scores were statistically controlled. Distinct patterns of word-recall errors were observed for the SLI and NL groups, as well as different patterns of associations between CLPT word recall and performance on nonverbal cognitive and language measures. The findings are interpreted within the framework of a limited-capacity model of language processing.

KEY WORDS: language disorders, working memory, limited processing capacity, memory span

Submitted on July 24, 1998
Accepted on April 7, 1999




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 LSHSSHome page
C. S. Gabig
Verbal Working Memory and Story Retelling in School-Age Children With Autism
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch, October 1, 2008; 39(4): 498 - 511.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 JSLHRHome page
E. Thordardottir
Language-Specific Effects of Task Demands on the Manifestation of Specific Language Impairment: A Comparison of English and Icelandic
J Speech Lang Hear Res, August 1, 2008; 51(4): 922 - 937.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J Learn DisabilHome page
T. P. Alloway and L. Archibald
Working Memory and Learning in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder and Specific Language Impairment
J Learn Disabil, June 1, 2008; 41(3): 251 - 262.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 JSLHRHome page
E. Mainela-Arnold, J. L. Evans, and J. A. Coady
Lexical Representations in Children With SLI: Evidence From a Frequency-Manipulated Gating Task
J Speech Lang Hear Res, April 1, 2008; 51(2): 381 - 393.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 JSLHRHome page
T. J. Spaulding, E. Plante, and R. Vance
Sustained Selective Attention Skills of Preschool Children With Specific Language Impairment: Evidence for Separate Attentional Capacities
J Speech Lang Hear Res, February 1, 2008; 51(1): 16 - 34.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 JSLHRHome page
J. A. G. Lum and E. L. Bavin
Analysis and Control in Children With SLI
J Speech Lang Hear Res, December 1, 2007; 50(6): 1618 - 1630.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 JSLHRHome page
J. W. Montgomery and J. Windsor
Examining the Language Performances of Children With and Without Specific Language Impairment: Contributions of Phonological Short-Term Memory and Speed of Processing
J Speech Lang Hear Res, June 1, 2007; 50(3): 778 - 797.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 JSLHRHome page
L. B. Leonard, S. Ellis Weismer, C. A. Miller, D. J. Francis, J. B. Tomblin, and R. V. Kail
Speed of Processing, Working Memory, and Language Impairment in Children
J Speech Lang Hear Res, April 1, 2007; 50(2): 408 - 428.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Child Language Teaching and TherapyHome page
D. Wetherell, N. Botting, and G. Conti-Ramsden
Narrative skills in adolescents with a history of SLI in relation to non-verbal IQ scores
Child Language Teaching and Therapy, February 1, 2007; 23(1): 95 - 113.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 JSLHRHome page
J. W. Montgomery and L. B. Leonard
Effects of Acoustic Manipulation on the Real-Time Inflectional Processing of Children With Specific Language Impairment
J Speech Lang Hear Res, December 1, 2006; 49(6): 1238 - 1256.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 JSLHRHome page
L. M. D. Archibald and S. E. Gathercole
Visuospatial immediate memory in specific language impairment.
J Speech Lang Hear Res, April 1, 2006; 49(2): 265 - 277.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Child Language Teaching and TherapyHome page
N. Botting
Narrative as a tool for the assessment of linguistic and pragmatic impairments
Child Language Teaching and Therapy, February 1, 2002; 18(1): 1 - 21.
[Abstract] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
All ASHA Journals AJA AJSLP JSLHR LSHSS
Copyright © 1999 by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.