The Speech and Language Development of Low Birth Weight Infants

Wright, Nancy E.; Thislethwaite, D.; Elton, R. A.; Wilkinson, Ewan; Forfar, J. O.

doi:10.3109/13682828309012241

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“…Moreover, there seems to be not a clear distinction between delayed or deviant language development [5]. Among children aged 0-7 years, the prevalence of serious language delays is estimated to be 5-10%, depending on the criterion of language delay used [4,[6][7][8].…”

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Quality of life of children with language delays

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We investigated health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of children with language problems and controls. Data on language development (Language Screening Instrument 3-years-olds, Van Wiechen items) and HRQOL by means of the TNO-AZL Pre-school children Quality of Life-questionnaire (TAPQOL) were collected at age 3 in a population-based cohort by parental questionnaire (n = 8877, response 78%; mean age 39.1 months (SD 2.0), 4347 were girls). Cronbach's alpha (internal consistency) ranged between 0.63 and 0.85. Dependent on the definition of language problem, 131 to 316 children appeared to be language impaired. Receiver Operating Characteristic analyses (ROC-curves) to assess the discriminative ability of six TAPQOL scales revealed that the Communication scale and Social Functioning scale discriminated best between children with language problems and children without these problems. Language-impaired children had significantly lower scores on the Communication scale and Social Functioning scale as compared to children without language problems (p < 0.01). The findings indicate that language problems at age three can have an impact on children's social life. These results provide additional evidence for the importance of monitoring the language development and its consequences during childhood.

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“…These include intrinsic factors such as perinatal insults [6][7][8]; gestational age at birth [9][10][11] and altered neurological pathways [3,5]; low birthweight [12][13][14][15][16][17]; disease processes and severity [18][19][20]; genetic and epigenetic factors including sociocultural influences [17,21], language exposure [22][23][24] and developmental interaction [25][26][27][28]; and nosocomially derived factors such as adverse environmental exposures [29,30], sepsis and neurotoxicity from drugs [31,32]. Long-term studies on language outcomes in preterm infants reveal delays in various aspects of receptive and expressive language [13,14], articulation, comprehension [25], oromotor skills and spontaneous speech [33].…”

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Language Exposure of Preterm Infants in the Neonatal Unit: A Systematic Review

Best¹,

Bogossian²,

New³

2018

Neonatology

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Background: Elevated sound levels and low language exposures of preterm infants (< 37 weeks) cared for in the neonatal unit contribute to poorer growth, cognition, language and motor outcomes. These delays can have lasting effects on childhood development and continue throughout adult life. Whilst recommendations have been established for appropriate sound exposure levels in neonatal units, very little is known about the optimal level of language exposure. Objectives: To examine the evidence regarding language exposure, both measured (observational) and prescribed (interventional), in preterm infants (< 37 weeks) cared for in neonatal units and to identify optimal exposure levels to promote neurodevelopment. Search Methods: An electronic search of English-language articles with an open date range was conducted in the PubMed, MEDLINE, Joanna Briggs, CINAHL and Cochrane databases and in Google Scholar. The criteria were limited to original research studies of preterm infants (< 37 weeks) in which language was either measured as it naturally occurred in the neonatal unit environment or through a language intervention. Results: The search produced a total of 2,367 articles, 49 of which were related to language. A full-text review of these articles identified 10 eligible studies and 6 studies from reference searches. Conclusions: Preterm infants experience low levels of language exposure and high sound exposures in neonatal units. There is a lack of conclusive evidence to recommend an optimal level of language exposure to support improved neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants. Further research from large, good-quality clinical trials is required before clear direction can be provided to inform clinical practice.

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“…Other developmental disorders such as language delays and deficits (Rocissano and Yatchmink 1983, Wright et al 1983, Byers et al 1986, Vohr et al 1988, Bendersky 1989, Largo et al 1990), articulation problems (Largo et al 1990), and specific learning disorders such as poor reading, writing, and numerical skills and mathematics problems (Klein et al 1989, Ross et al 1991 have also been noted to be more common in very-low-birthweight children (Cohen et al 1988, McCormick 1989, Friedman and Sigman 1992, Wolke 1993. It has been speculated that specific deficits may suggest either damage to, or inhibition of, normal development in specific areas of the brain (Mutch et al 1993).…”

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Cognitive status, language attainment, and prereading skills of 6‐year‐old very preterm children and their peers: the Bavarian Longitudinal Study

Wolke¹,

Dipl-Psych²

1999

Develop Med Child Neuro

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The prevalence of intellectual-, language-, and prereadingskill deficits was investigated in a geographically defined whole-population sample of very preterm children at 6 years of age in southern Germany. The sample consisted of the following: 264 very preterm children (75.6% of Germanspeaking survivors); 264 term controls (matched for sex, socioeconomic status [SES], marital status and age of mother); and a representative normative sample for Bavaria (N=311). Compared with term peers, very preterm children scored significantly lower (approximately -1 SD) on the measures of cognitive and language skills and had major cognitive deficits (<-2 SD) 10 to 35 times more often than the controls. Deficits in speech articulation and prereading skills (<10th centile) were three to five times more frequent in very preterm children. More than 18% of very preterm children had cognitive deficits in more than five areas of functioning, compared with no control children. The differences between very preterm children and controls remained highly significant when only very preterm children (N= 229) and controls (N= 261) without major neurosensory impairment were considered. Little evidence for specific cognitive deficits was found once mental processing measured in the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) was controlled for. The effect of preterm birth on cognitive abilities was found to be larger than the influence of SES. In conclusion, there was a high prevalence of long-term multiple cognitive problems in very preterm children. These persistent cognitive problems appear to be of pre-or neonatal (treatment) rather than postnatal social origin.

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The Speech and Language Development of Low Birth Weight Infants

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References 14 publications

Quality of life of children with language delays

Quality of life of children with language delays

Language Exposure of Preterm Infants in the Neonatal Unit: A Systematic Review

Cognitive status, language attainment, and prereading skills of 6‐year‐old very preterm children and their peers: the Bavarian Longitudinal Study

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