Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and Developmental Dyslexia (DD), two of the most prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders of language, have been associated with a core procedural learning impairment. In this chapter, we briefly review highlights from studies supporting the procedural deficit hypothesis (PDH) in accounting for the brain and behavioral correlates of DLD and DD. We finally discuss a number of translational predictions generated by this framework, in particular with respect to designing intervention programs.
