Health-related quality of life from the perspective of children with severe specific language impairment

What is it about?

This paper looks at the suitability of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 Generic Core Scales for use with children with severe specific language impairment. Further, this paper reports the perceived health-related quality of life from the perspectives of both the child and his/her guardian/parent.

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Why is it important?

This paper is important since there are few publications that provide clarity on appropriate health-related quality of life measures for use with this cohort of children. Further, this paper reports the overall perceived health-related quality of life clarifying that this neurodevelopmental disorder impacts the child broadly, despite labelled a language impairment.