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Mixed receptive and expressive language disorder

Expressive language disorder

Expressive language disorder in children impacts children's ability to communicate with spoken language. Areas affected by expressive language disorder include vocabulary, spelling and grammar. Children who have expressive language disorder develop language skills at a much slower rate than their peers.

Symptoms

• Not using words by 18 months
• Not putting two words together by 30 months
• Difficulty thinking of words
• Difficulty getting to the point
• Difficulty holding a conversation
• Difficulty talking about the past or what happened that day

Receptive language disorder

Children who have receptive language disorder have difficulty understanding what is being said to them.

Not every child experiences the same level of difficulty with understanding, so many differences exist among children who have receptive language disorder.

Symptoms

• Not seeming to listen when spoken to
• No interest in stories read aloud
• Difficulty understanding multiple directions or long sentences
• Lower language level than other children the same age

Tests, treatment

A professional will test your child to determine his or her ability to understand language, as compared to other children the same age. Tests will identify strengths and weaknesses in your child’s ability to use language to communicate (vocabulary, sentence length and grammatical structure).

Your child’s weaknesses in language use will be a focus of treatment, and recommendations will be created to fit your child’s needs. Your child also may receive specialized education and speech therapy.

See also speech and language disorders