SLPNarrative ReviewJournal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR2025

Developmental Language Disorder as a Multidimensional Neurodevelopmental Spectrum: Implications for Diagnosis.

Karla K McGregor, Lisa Goffman, Elena Plante, Krystal Werfel

PMID 41237815

WHAT IT FOUND

No original clinical finding is reported.

This is a review and conceptual proposal about developmental language disorder diagnosis, so there is nothing here to change practice.

What this paper is

This is a review and conceptual proposal that discusses developmental language disorder as a multidimensional neurodevelopmental spectrum. It does not report original methods or outcomes, so there is no new clinical finding to act on.

Declared interests

The authors acknowledge National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders grant support.

The easy way to misread this

Do not read the proposed spectrum model as evidence that it improves diagnosis or treatment. The paper reports no original methods or outcomes.

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