Language Skills of Young Low-Vision Children: Performance on the Preschool Language Scale

When the Preschool Language Scale performance of 18 low-vision children ranging from 2 to 4 years of age was analyzed, low-vision children were found to have performed significantly less well than their normally sighted peers on the Auditory Comprehension Quotient, the Verbal Ability Quotient, and the overall Language Quotient. Further analysis revealed a profile of abilities in which low-vision children performed significantly below normally sighted age mates. The language skills in which visually impaired children were delayed are reported here.