Inferential ability in children with cerebral palsy, spina bifida and pragmatic language impairment

Story retelling and language ability in school-aged children with cerebral palsy and speech impairment

“…), for the speaking children with CP (Holck et al . ), and for the speaking children with CP and speech impairment in this present study. ToM affects interaction and communication and is important for retelling something in a way that is understandable to others.…”

“…In the study by Holck et al . (), with 10 speaking children with CP (the same children as in the study Holck et al . , on narrative ability), they performed worse than matched TD children on ToM.…”

“…In a study by Holck et al . (), 10 speaking children with CP (mean age = 7;11 years) performed at a lower level than TD children matched for chronological age (CA) and gender on the FB condition of the so‐called thought picture test (ToM test) (Woolfe et al . ).…”

“…The two studies by Holck et al ., one on ToM (Holck et al . ) and the other on narrative ability (Holck et al . ), cited above, concern the same study samples.…”

Factors associated with spoken language comprehension in children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review

“…Spoken language comprehension seemed to be an important ability for inferential reading (i.e. the ability to understand the underlying meaning of a text) 45 . In one study, a significant association was found between inferential comprehension and sentence comprehension, and between literal comprehension and receptive vocabulary, in a sample of schoolchildren with spastic diplegia ( n =10, mobility not reported) 45 .…”