| language disorders | Disabilities related to both the sensory and motor aspects of language; includes impairments in understanding of written and spoken language, and impairments in speaking and writing language. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| language tests | Tests designed to assess language behaviour and abilities. They include tests of vocabulary, comprehension, grammar and functional use of language, e.g., development sentence scoring, receptive-expressive emergent language scale, parsons language sample, utah test of language development, michigan language inventory and verbal language development scale, illinois test of psycholinguistic abilities, northwestern syntax screening test, peabody picture vocabulary test, ammons full-range picture vocabulary test, and assessment of children's language comprehension. (12 Dec 1998) |
| language therapy | Rehabilitation of persons with language disorders or training of children with language development disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| language zone | A large area of the cerebral cortex on the left side (in right-handed persons) considered by some to embrace all the centres of memories and associations connected with language. (05 Mar 2000) |