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Conversational Speech and Language Skills of Children Born Preterm and Full Term
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Imgrund, Caitlin M.; Krueger, Breanna I.; Getejanc, Christie – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2023
Preschoolers born preterm are at an increased risk for adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes; however, the impact of preterm birth on speech development has not been fully investigated. The primary objective of this study was to document the conversational speech production abilities of preschoolers born preterm via speech sample analysis. A…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, Preschool Children, Language Skills, Speech Skills
Word Retrieval and Lexical Organization in Children with Hearing Loss and Developmental Language Disorder
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Esbensen, Annette; Thomsen, Pia – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2021
Word retrieval and lexical organization were explored in 16 Danish children with slight to severe hearing loss (HL), 11 children with developmental language disorder (DLD), and 25 typically developing (TD) children in the age range of 7 to 12 years. There is a special focus on children with HL with and without language difficulties compared with…
Descriptors: Children, Preadolescents, Developmental Delays, Language Impairments
Adolescent Mothers' Implementation of Strategies to Enhance Their Children's Early Language and Emergent Literacy Skills
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Towson, Jacqueline; Canty, Meredith; Schwartz, Jamie; Barden, Sejal; Sims, Tianna – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2020
Research regarding specific strategies adolescent mothers (AMs) may utilize to facilitate early language and emergent literacy skills in their children is lacking. This exploratory study investigated AMs' perceived use of preselected common language and emergent literacy strategies and correlated their use of these strategies to their children's…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Mothers, Early Parenthood, Emergent Literacy
Pragmatic Functions in Late Talkers: A 1-Year Follow-Up Study
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MacRoy-Higgins, Michelle; Kliment, Sarah – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2017
This study analyzed spontaneous language samples of three-year-olds with a history of expressive language delay (late talkers) and age-matched controls using Dore's Conversational Acts analysis (1978) and Mean Length of Utterance (MLU; Brown, 1973). Differences were observed between groups in utterances classified as organizational device and…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Followup Studies, Expressive Language, Delayed Speech
Language Screening for Infants and Toddlers: A Literature Review of Four Commercially Available Tools
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Larson, Anne L. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2016
Children from low-income environments are at increased risk of developing language delays which can negatively affect later academic and social outcomes. As children age, deficits between children with language delays and their typically developing peers continue to widen. In order to prevent future disabilities, efficient early language screening…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Language Tests, Infants, Toddlers
A Comparison of the Speech and Language Skills of Children with Cochlear Implants and Children with Normal Hearing
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Schorr, Efrat A.; Roth, Froma P.; Fox, Nathan A. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2008
This study explored the language skills of children with cochlear implants (CIs) compared to normal hearing (NH) peers. Standardized speech and language measures, including speech articulation, receptive and expressive vocabulary, syntax and morphology, and metalinguistics, were administered to 39 congenitally deaf children, ages 5 to 14, and a…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Metalinguistics, Syntax, Deafness