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The acquired aphasias of childhood are those language disorders which appear after a period of normal language development and are secondary to cerebral dysfunction. Though acquired childhood aphasias (ACA) are at present rare, it seems likely that with improvements in paediatric intensive care facilities more children will be surviving serious brain injury - one of the potential causes of ACA - and that there is therefore an increasing likelihood that speech and language therapists will find children with acquired aphasia under their care.