Abstract
Eighty-two children, consisting of 60 males and 22 females who were suffering from language retardation, visited our department over the past two years and contributed to the study. The mean age of the children was 3 years and 3 months at the first consultation. Many of the children were referred to us by otolaryngologists who first found the impairment of language development. Around 88% of the children suffering from language retardation were affected by certain psychiatric problems such as mental retardation (fifty-four children,66%) and autism. Seven patients (9%) were affected by a considerable hearing deficit including five patients with severe hearing loss.
