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Definition and terminology of developmental language disorders: Interdisciplinary consensus across German-speaking countries

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Männel,  Claudia       
Department of Audiology and Phoniatrics, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany;
Department Neuropsychology, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society;

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Lüke, C., Kauschke, C., Dohmen, A., Haid, A., Leitinger, C., Männel, C., et al. (2023). Definition and terminology of developmental language disorders: Interdisciplinary consensus across German-speaking countries. PLoS One, 18(11): e0293736. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0293736.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000D-EA1E-B
Abstract
In recent years, there have been intense international discussions about the definition and terminology of language disorders in childhood, such as those sparked by the publications of the CATALISE consortium. To address this ongoing debate, a Delphi study was conducted in German-speaking countries. This study consisted of three survey waves and involved over 400 experts from relevant disciplines. As a result, a far-reaching consensus was achieved on essential definition criteria and terminology, presented in 23 statements. The German term 'Sprachentwicklungsstörung' was endorsed to refer to children with significant deviations from typical language development that can negatively impact social interactions, educational progress, and/or social participation and do not occur together with a potentially contributing impairment. A significant deviation from typical language development was defined as a child's scores in standardized test procedures being ≥ 1.5 SD below the mean for children of the same age. The results of this Delphi study provide a proposal for a uniform use of terminology for language disorders in childhood in German-speaking countries.