DIFFERENTIATING LANGUAGE DISORDER SUBTYPES IN ACQUIRED CHILDHOOD APHASIA

This paper discusses the ways in which aphasic disorders are categoriz ed. The language disorders of 34 children with acquired childhood apha sia from a range of aetiologies were categorized according to two syst ems: Goodglass and Kaplan (1972) and Rapin and Allen (1987). This cate gorization was based on comprehensive assessment data. Results demonst rate that the majority of the children had aphasias which could not be categorized by either of these two systems. The implications of these results for the study of acquired childhood aphasia are discussed.