Impact of Working Memory and Cognitive functioning on Specific Language Impairment (SLI)

Method: Two groups of children were selected for the purpose; Children with Speech and Language impairment (SLI) and Typically Developing (TD) children. The SLI group consisted of 15 children (10 male and 5 female) with an age range of 75-154 months. The TD children consisted of 23 children (12 male and 11 female) with an age range of 48-190. All children were assessed on the intelligence test followed by a computerized assessment of Short Term Memory (STM) and Working Memory (WM). The assumption was that children with SLI would demonstrate impairments on tasks of working memory compared to typically developing children. Data was analyzed using MANCOVA and t-test by SPSS statistical package.