Oral literal and inferential narrative comprehension in young typically developing children and children with developmental language disorder.

: The Squirrel Story Narrative Comprehension Assessment (NCA) was used to investigate the literal and inferential comprehension skills of young typically developing (TD) children aged between 4 and 6 years and to compare the performance of 5-year-old TD children and those with developmental language disorder (DLD). : A total of 132 typically developing children across three age groups between 4 to 6 years (4;0-4;11, 5;0-5;11, 6;0-6;11, years;months), and 94 children with DLD aged 5 years, were assessed using the NCA. : There was a significant increase in both literal and inferential scores for TD children from 4 to 6 years.