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In this article, we critically review the evidence for overlap among three developmental disorders, namely speech sound disorder (SSD), language impairment (LI), and reading disability (RD), at three levels of analysis: diagnostic, cognitive, and etiological. We find that while overlap exists at all three levels, it varies by comorbidity subtype, and the relations among these three disorders are complex and not fully understood. We evaluate which comorbidity models can be rejected or supported as explanations for why and how these three disorders overlap and what new data are needed to better define their relations.

Original publication

DOI

10.1146/annurev.psych.60.110707.163548

Type

Journal article

Journal

Annu Rev Psychol

Publication Date

2009

Volume

60

Pages

283 - 306

Keywords

Child, Comorbidity, Comprehension, Cross-Sectional Studies, Dyslexia, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Language Development Disorders, Neural Networks (Computer), Phonetics, Risk Factors, Social Environment, Speech Disorders, Vocabulary