%0 Journal Article %T Trastorno Espec¨ªfico del Desarrollo del Lenguaje en una poblaci¨®n infantil colombiana %A HINCAPI¨¦-HENAO %A LILIANA %A GIRALDO-PRIETO %A MARIO %A LOPERA-RESTREPO %A FRANCISCO %A PINEDA-SALAZAR %A DAVID ANTONIO %A CASTRO-REBOLLEDO %A RODRIGO %A LOPERA-V¨¢SQUEZ %A JUAN PABLO %A MENDIETA-VILLAMIZAR %A NORA STELLA %A JARAMILLO-P¨¦REZ %A ¨¢NGELA MAR¨ªA %A ARBOLEDA-RAMIREZ %A ALEJANDRA %A AGUIRRE-ACEVEDO %A DANIEL CAMILO %A LOPERA-ECHEVERRI %A EGIDIO %J Universitas Psychologica %D 2008 %I Pontificia Universidad Javeriana %X the neuroscience group of antioquia evaluated two hundred and four children from 6 to 16 years old with speech and language problems and 51 of them meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria for specific language impairment (sli). the sli group underwent a neuropsychological and linguistic test to compare their cognitive and linguistic skills with a control group of asymptomatic children. when compared to the control group, sli children showed significant differences in comprehension tests, particularly in complex morphosyntactic structures and elaborated sentences; in verbal expression, especially formulated sentences; repetition test of non-sense words; naming errors and marked disadvantages in readingwriting sub-tests. %K language %K children %K impairment %K development %K linguistic %K reading %K writing %K language developmet %K language disorders %K neuropsychology. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1657-92672008000200019&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en