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• 12 studies were identified 6 Future work sample. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research,
62(6), 1813-1822. https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_JSLHR-L-18-0437
DLD: Sack, L., Dollaghan, C., & Goffman, L. (2022). Contributions of early
• data were extracted and critically Further research is warranted to motor deficits in predicting language outcomes among preschoolers
• heterogeneous presentation appraised, and then analysed and ascertain if SI theory has a place with the
with developmental language disorder. International Journal of
Speech Language Pathology, 24(4), 362-
synthesised using Bundy and Lane’s DLD population.
374. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2021.1998629
• motor skills also an area of difficulty for (2020) schematic of sensory integrative Sanjeevan, T., Rosenbaum, D. A., Miller, C. A., Hell, J. G., Weiss, D.
J., & Mainela-Arnold, E. (2015). Motor issues in specific language
some dysfunction impairment: A window into the underlying impairment. Current
Identification: Developmental Disorders Reports, 2(3), 228-236.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40474-015-0051-9
• various hypotheses have been
considered for DLD and difficulties with
4 Findings • differentially diagnosing between
bilingualism and DLD (Sanjeevan et al., Tomblin, J. B., Records, N. L., Buckwalter, P., Zhang, X., Smith, E.,
& O'Brien, M. (1997). Prevalence of specific language impairment in
kindergarten children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing
motor skills Vestibular receptors: 2015) Research, 40(6), 1245-1260. https://doi.org/10.1044/jslhr.4006.1245
1 study; 82-89% vestibular dysfunction • potentially indicating which children may
• a less explored area is the vestibular
system of children with DLD
require long-term support (Sack et al., Acknowledgements
Vestibular modulation: 2022)
2 studies; vestibular modulation • where linguistic assessment alone at a Dr Colette Fegan, Sheffield Hallam
University
2 Aims differences exist, at least for some
children with DLD
young age may not be accurate
(Rudolph et al., 2019) Orla Urquhart, Sensory Integration
Education
To research the literature around DLD and Vestibular integration and praxis:
vestibular dysfunction and critically Therapy: Are sit-down table-top
evaluate its quality Balance and postural-ocular control approaches effectively addressing the Contact
present as areas of difficulty for some underlying need?
children with DLD kirsty.mansfield@nhs.net
To ascertain if there is a link between DLD
and vestibular dysfunction Possible praxis difficulties for some Joint working: OT / Physiotherapy
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