What is Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ย. 2024
- Children's Operational Lead for SEND and Speech and Language Therapy, Ysanne Yeatman, joins me in the studio for The RCHT Radio Show to talk about Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) as part of the awareness day on Friday 20 October.
Ysanne talks about what Developmental Language Disorder is, how it presents in children, what are some of the strategies that can be used to support a child with DLD and how you can make a referral to the speech and language team if you have any concerns.
Ysanne refers to this website during our chat:
This is DLD: sites.google.c...
Cornwall speech and language therapy team's website: www.cornwallft...
Thank you so much Dr. Kruger, Dr Oddball and Dr. Schuh. They helped my mother through cancer twice and dr schuh was my paediatrician. Thank you for 10 years of remission
I was diagnosed with a language disorder and was born profoundly deaf in both ears. I connect more profoundly with images than with words, which makes art my primary mode of communication and understanding. My early lack of oxygen contributed to challenges in interacting with others, further complicated by my language disorder, characterised by difficulties in comprehension and speech, as evidenced by a brain X-ray.
Despite medical professionals indicating that my condition might be incurable, I found solace and healing through art. Equipped with invaluable tools, I have gradually developed my language and understanding over time. Although I faced a challenging start and initially slow brain development, I began to catch up in school and realised that art was transforming my ability to communicate effectively with others.
For many years, my speech was not strong, but at the age of 16, I experienced significant improvement. What once seemed impossible became a reality, allowing me to express myself more clearly and confidently.
It is important to note that traditional theories may not fully address the complexities of language disorders, as each individual processes language in their unique way. However, drawing can be a powerful tool for healing; it helps individuals with language disorders utilize their memory and imagination to enhance speech processing and improve comprehension in interactions with others.
My son (6) who is also deaf and wears cochlea implants is going to be screened for DLD as he seems to struggle with understanding and speaking at school. For the former, he struggles to retell a story he may have listened to at story time and latter he seems to mispronounce words. I assumed this was normal and he'd come round in time. Also can't help but feel, that there might be a genetic link but his sister is unaffected. It's worrying being at the start of the journey.
Thank you, I'm a school teacher studying this at the moment; very helpful.
What is the comparable diagnosed in the United States since DLD isn't recognised here? Thank you
As a child, you have to mask it because of how it's interpreted. Because it's put into intentional derogatory behaviors. Mine cooccurs with severe inattentive ADD. It was very hard to identify due to old psychoanalytical categories and the pseudoscience in the addictions field.
I want to say that I spent 5 years stuggling with hyperarousal to finally find the neurogenic communication book that I carved the pages out with a razor knife and scanned. I taught myself to use an electronic reader, but the computer voices did not
the auditory processing positively. The visual processing problems are worse.
I had to get out of York County. Away from addictions psychology. I found where I could have the right evaluation. I finally got that done in 2018 at the University of Marylands speech and hearing clinic.
It gets passed off. Even with 2 evaluations in hand, the language disorder was passed off by psychiatry. "I talk fine he said." Because he wasn't knowledgeable about the effects of auditory processing on working memory.
I knew this since grade school. Yet, it took me until my mid-50s to get the right evaluation.