

When discussing Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) people are often struck by the high prevalence. It almost seems unbelievable!
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#DevLangDis #1in14 #DLDSeeMe
Here are some of the usual responses:
"Really?! 1 in 14 people. That seems like a lot."
"If there are 2 kids with DLD in the average classroom of 30, how come I haven't heard of it?"
So how do we know DLD affects 1 in 14 people?
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So how do we know DLD affects 1 in 14 people?
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To start with we rely on epidemiology (prevalence) studies, but these are often expensive, time-consuming, and have some limitations. This means we don't have a lot of them.
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Here we need to look at research that has taken place over a period of time (longitudinal).
Bruce Tomblin followed 196 children from his earlier research for 4 years and found DLD will persist into primary school.
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#DevLangDis #1in14 #DLDSeeMe
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