Temporal processing deficits of language-learning impaired children ameliorated by training

M M Merzenich; W M Jenkins; P Johnston; C Schreiner; S L Miller; P Tallal

doi:10.1126/science.271.5245.77

Temporal processing deficits of language-learning impaired children ameliorated by training

Science. 1996 Jan 5;271(5245):77-81. doi: 10.1126/science.271.5245.77.

Authors

M M Merzenich¹, W M Jenkins, P Johnston, C Schreiner, S L Miller, P Tallal

Affiliation

¹ W. M. Keck Center for Integrative Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0732, USA.

PMID: 8539603
DOI: 10.1126/science.271.5245.77

Abstract

Children with language-based learning impairments (LLIs) have major deficits in their recognition of some rapidly successive phonetic elements and nonspeech sound stimuli. In the current study, LLI children were engaged in adaptive training exercises mounted as computer "games" designed to drive improvements in their "temporal processing" skills. With 8 to 16 hours of training during a 20-day period, LLI children improved markedly in their abilities to recognize brief and fast sequences of nonspeech and speech stimuli.

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Controlled Clinical Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Language Disorders / therapy*
Language Therapy*
Learning Disabilities / therapy*
Male
Software*
Speech Perception
Video Games*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding