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It's estimated between seven and eight percent of primary and high school struggle with Developmental Language Disorder, or DLD.
But a study undertaken at Western Sydney University has proven a new strategy for helping these kids overcome it.
The research utilised musical rhythms to see if it could assist children in processing speech and language, and the results look good.
The co-lead author and cognitive psychologist Dr Anna Fiveash talks to Jesse.
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