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Rice, Mabel L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: This review article summarizes a program of longitudinal investigation of twins' language acquisition with a focus on causal pathways for specific language impairment (SLI) and nonspecific language impairment in children at 4 and 6 years with known history at 2 years. Method: The context of the overview is established by legacy scientific…
Descriptors: Twins, Genetics, Language Impairments, Age Differences
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Singer, Cara M.; Otieno, Sango; Chang, Soo-Eun; Jones, Robin M. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore how well a cumulative risk approach, based on empirically supported predictive factors, predicts whether a young child who stutters is likely to develop persistent developmental stuttering. In a cumulative risk approach, the number of predictive factors indicating a child is at risk to develop…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Child Development, Predictor Variables, At Risk Persons
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Lund, Emily – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relation between lexical knowledge and phonological awareness performance of children with cochlear implants. Method: Thirty children with cochlear implants (aged 5-7 years), 30 children with normal hearing matched for age, and 30 children with normal hearing matched for vocabulary size…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Phonological Awareness, Hearing Impairments, Assistive Technology