The Oral Language Performance of Premature Children and Controls

Hirsch, Katrina de; Jansky, Jeannette Jefferson; Langford, William S.

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“…Therefore, throughout the manuscript, the predictor variable “birth” was defined categorically as “full-term” or “premature” based on parental report, rather than a gestational cut-off. While this was not ideal, the results found here were consistent with prior studies which reported that preterm children were at greater risk for early issues with speech and language [91, 125, 135], as well as poorer comprehension outcomes (e.g., [29, 73]).…”

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The impact of expressive language development and the left inferior longitudinal fasciculus on listening and reading comprehension

Tufo

Earle

Cutting

2019

J Neurodevelop Disord

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BackgroundDuring the first 3-years of life, as the brain undergoes dramatic growth, children begin to develop speech and language. Hallmarks of this progression are seen when children reach developmental milestones, forming the foundation of language. Expressive language milestones, such as the production of a child’s first word, are delayed in 5–8% of children. While for some children delays in reaching these milestones are harbingers of developmental disorders, for others expressive language delays appear to resolve. Regardless of whether or not early language skills appear resolved, difficulty with later comprehension is a likely outcome. Whether this heightened risk for poor comprehension differs based on text features, individual characteristics, or receipt of intervention remains unknown. Moreover, this relationship between expressive language development and comprehension is not yet linked to neurobiology, though the inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF) is a potential neurobiological correlate. Therefore, we investigated the impact of, and interactions between, expressive language development, early intervention, and the ILF on comprehension.MethodsLongitudinal recurrent survival analyses predicted the risk of answering a comprehension question incorrectly. Predictors of comprehension included expressive language development, passage features, participant characteristics, fractional anisotropy, receipt of early intervention, and later diagnosis of speech or language disorders.ResultsChildren with later expressive language milestones had poorer comprehension. When comprehension text features were examined, children with later milestones had poorer listening and reading comprehension, and poorer narrative and expository comprehension. The left ILF acted as a neurodevelopmental correlate, one that moderated the relationship between expressive language milestones and comprehension. Specifically, the left ILF exacerbated the relationship for those who did not receive early intervention and buffered the relationship for those who received intervention services. Early intervention decreased the risk of poor comprehension by 39% for children later diagnosed with a speech or language disorder.ConclusionsEarly intervention should be provided for children with delayed expressive language milestones, particularly those who are at risk for speech or language disorders. The ILF plays a critical role in the relationship between expressive language development and comprehension, which may be that of a protective factor for children with the most severe early issues with speech and language.

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The impact of expressive language development and the left inferior longitudinal fasciculus on listening and reading comprehension

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Earle

Cutting

2019

J Neurodevelop Disord

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“…This year's research on human subjects substantiates in the case of language (8,48) and social adjustment (51) previous findings on the adverse later effects of very low birth weight. The latter was a large scale compre hensive study which made it possible to check on several contributing factors.…”

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Developmental Psychology

Bell¹

1965

Annu. Rev. Psychol.

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age R2 for age when it was considered alone was .158, but the value was reduced to only.035 after the variation in a composite measure of perceptual speed was controlled. These results therefore suggest that almost 807o (i.e., [. I 58 -.035 ]l I 58 = .778) ofthe age-related variance in certain measures offluid cognition is associated with variations in perceptual speed.The research reported in this article was designed with two major goals in mind. One goal was to examine the generality of the speed-mediation phenomenon by including measures of memory in addition to measures of fluid or process aspects of cognition. Extending the research in this direction is ofinterest, because less convincing support for a mediational effect of speed was found with m€asures reflecting memory functioning in the partial correlation analyses reported in Salthouse (l 985a). That is, partialing a measure ofprocessing speed had a smaller effect on the correlations between age and measures of memory than it did on the correlations between age and measures of other types of cognitive functioning. Moreover, additional analyses on the data from the Salthouse et al. (1988) project similar to those summarized in Table I also revealed weaker attenuation ofthe age relations ficr measures representing memory functioning than for measures representing other types of cognitive functioning. For example, the attenuation was only 63.8Vo for a measure of the accuracy of reproducing the identities of items in a matrix, only 4'l .59o for a measure of the accuracy of reproducing the positions of items in a matrix, and only l6.7vo for a measure of paired-associate memory.The smaller attenuation of the age-related memory differences after control of measures of speed raises the possibility that quickness of mental operations may be a less important factor in the age differences in traditional memory tests than in cognitive tests assessing reasoning or spatial abilities. Although this speculation is plausible on the basis ofthe available results, stronger evidence ofthe differential influence ofspeed on cognitive and memory measures is desirable before one can conclude that speed factors have a minimal role in the relations between age and memory. One type of evidence that would be relevant in this regard would be a discovery that substantial age-related effects remained after statistical control of a measure of perceptual speed, or equivalently, a finding that the Speed Mediation of Adult Age Differences in Cognition Timothy A. Salthouse Previous research has established that a large proportion of the adult age-related variance in various measures offluid or process cognition is reduced when statistical control procedures such as hierarchical regression are used to eliminate variation in measures ofperceptual speed. This finding was confirmed in the present study and was extended to include paired-associate and free-recall measures of memory in addition to measures of reasoning and spatial abilities. Most of the speed mediation was associated with s...

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“…Michelsson and Noronen (1983) reported neurological impairment and articulatory errors in a group of 182 children with low birthweight. These dysfunctions were related to the severity of neonatal problems, as also found in a follow-up study by Lindahl et al (1986). de Hirsch et al (1964 have also found that premature children's oral language dimensions were more based on neurophysiological immaturity than specific articulatory defects.…”

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Articulatory error in a group of children with neonatal risk factors

Parre

1987

Early Child Development and Care

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To cite this article: Marjatta Parre (1987) Articulatory error in a group of children with neonatal risk factors, Early Child Development and Care, 29:1, 55-59,The present study is a part of a multidisciplinary research project in order to follow up a group of infants who neonatally had been at risk. It studies reports on the articulatory errors in children born in 1971 and 1972 and investigated at the age of five years at the Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki. The results show that children with neonatal risk factors had more articulatory errors than a control group. The articulatory errors were more common in children with neurodevelopmental disturbances.

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The Oral Language Performance of Premature Children and Controls

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The impact of expressive language development and the left inferior longitudinal fasciculus on listening and reading comprehension

The impact of expressive language development and the left inferior longitudinal fasciculus on listening and reading comprehension

Developmental Psychology

Articulatory error in a group of children with neonatal risk factors

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