According to Kass (1977), students with learning disabilities may show labelling deficits due to difficulty in control of sensory input, rehearsal, and short-term memory. In this study 44 learning disabled and 44 average students labelled objects and pictures, recalled their own language labels, and re-labelled common objects. The LD students produced and recalled as many labels as the controls. However, the performance of the LD students was characterized by the use of inappropriate labels. Students with learning disabilities were found to be qualitatively rather than quantitatively different from controls in language and memory. The authors suggest that LD students may show a deficit in hyperexcitability rather than in memory.
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