• Nonverbal Switching Ability of Monolingual and Bilingual Children with and without Developmental Language Disorder 

      Boerma, Tessel; van Witteloostuijn, Merel; Blom, Wilhelmina Bernardina T. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-28)
      Bilingualism is associated with enhanced switching skills, while a developmental language disorder (DLD) may negatively impact switching ability. However, both studies with bilinguals as well as studies including children with DLD have revealed mixed results. Moreover, the interaction of bilingualism and DLD has not been addressed and the origin of the stronger or weaker switching performance ...
    • What risk factors for Developmental Language Disorder can tell us about the neurobiological mechanisms of language development 

      Boerma, Tessel; ter Haar, Sita; Ganga, Rachida; Wijnen, Frank; Blom, Wilhelmina Bernardina T.; Wierenga, Corette (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-21)
      Language is a complex multidimensional cognitive system that is connected to many neurocognitive capacities. The development of language is therefore strongly intertwined with the development of these capacities and their neurobiological substrates. Consequently, language problems, for example those of children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), are explained by a variety of etiological ...
    • Word reading in monolingual and bilingual children with developmental language disorder 

      de Bree, Elise H.; Boerma, Tessel; Hakvoort, Britt; Blom, Wilhelmina Bernardina T.; van den Boer, Madelon (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-11)
      Many children with developmental language disorder (DLD) are reported to have word reading difficulties. However, previous research has focused mostly on monolingual children. The present study used two existing datasets to assess word reading outcomes of bilingual children with DLD. In Study 1, we compared word reading outcomes of monolingual and bilingual children with and without DLD (n = 93 ...