Comprehension of ambiguity for children with Specific Language Impairment and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Compreensão de ambiguidade em crianças com Transtorno Específico de Linguagem e Fala e Transtorno do Espectro Autista.

Publisher: Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia Country of Publication: Brazil NLM ID: 101623246 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2317-1782 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 23171782 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Codas Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: São Paulo : Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia

Comprehension*; Autism Spectrum Disorder/*complications ; Language Development Disorders/*complications; Adolescent ; Autism Spectrum Disorder/psychology ; Child ; Child Language ; Female ; Humans ; Language Development Disorders/psychology ; Language Tests ; Male

Purpose: To verify and compare the performance of children and adolescents with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) using a formal, standardized test that assesses language competence, more specifically comprehension of ambiguity.
Methods: The sample comprised 19 individuals aged 6 to 14 years, of both genders, divided into two groups: ASD Group (9) and SLI Group (10). Participants were assessed using the Test of Language Competence - TLC; Ambiguous Sentences subtest (Wiig, Secord, 1989). Analysis included the comparison of the total scores in both groups.
Results: We found significant difference between the groups, with better performance of the SLI Group compared with that of the ASD Group.
Conclusion: It was possible to analyze and compare the performance of both groups in a metalinguistic activity. We observed better performance of the SLI group compared with that of the ASD Group in the interpretation of ambiguous information.

Date Created: 20161217 Date Completed: 20170705 Latest Revision: 20220310

20231215

10.1590/2317-1782/20162015260

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