Language Outcomes of 7-Year-Old Children With or Without a History of Late Language Emergence at 24 Months
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the language outcomes of 7-year-old children with and without a history of late language emergence at 24 months.Method: One hundred twenty-eight children with a history of late language emergence (LLE) at 24 months and 109 children with a history of...
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| author | Rice, M. Taylor, Catherine Zubrick, Stephen |
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| description | Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the language outcomes of 7-year-old children with and without a history of late language emergence at 24 months.Method: One hundred twenty-eight children with a history of late language emergence (LLE) at 24 months and 109 children with a history of normal language emergence (NLE) at 24 months participated in direct behavioral assessment of multiple dimensions of language at 7 years. The children were recruited from a prospective cohort study of 1,766 epidemiologically ascertained 24-month-old singleton children.Results: The group mean for the LLE children was within the typical range on an omnibus measure of general language ability and measures of specific dimensions of language. However, a greater percentage of LLE children, relative to NLE children, performed below normative expectations on a measure of general language ability (20% versus 11%), speech (7% versus 2%), syntax (18% versus 8%), and morphosyntax (9%?23% versus 2%?14%), but not vocabulary or semantics.Conclusion: The results provide support for growth models of language impairment that predict that late onset of language foretells a protracted growth difference for some LLE children relative to NLE children, particularly for syntax and morphosyntax. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-44322018-03-29T09:05:22Z Language Outcomes of 7-Year-Old Children With or Without a History of Late Language Emergence at 24 Months Rice, M. Taylor, Catherine Zubrick, Stephen late talking outcomes longitudinal study specific language impairment Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the language outcomes of 7-year-old children with and without a history of late language emergence at 24 months.Method: One hundred twenty-eight children with a history of late language emergence (LLE) at 24 months and 109 children with a history of normal language emergence (NLE) at 24 months participated in direct behavioral assessment of multiple dimensions of language at 7 years. The children were recruited from a prospective cohort study of 1,766 epidemiologically ascertained 24-month-old singleton children.Results: The group mean for the LLE children was within the typical range on an omnibus measure of general language ability and measures of specific dimensions of language. However, a greater percentage of LLE children, relative to NLE children, performed below normative expectations on a measure of general language ability (20% versus 11%), speech (7% versus 2%), syntax (18% versus 8%), and morphosyntax (9%?23% versus 2%?14%), but not vocabulary or semantics.Conclusion: The results provide support for growth models of language impairment that predict that late onset of language foretells a protracted growth difference for some LLE children relative to NLE children, particularly for syntax and morphosyntax. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4432 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/029) American Speech-Language-Hearing Association restricted |
| spellingShingle | late talking outcomes longitudinal study specific language impairment Rice, M. Taylor, Catherine Zubrick, Stephen Language Outcomes of 7-Year-Old Children With or Without a History of Late Language Emergence at 24 Months |
| title | Language Outcomes of 7-Year-Old Children With or Without a History of Late Language Emergence at 24 Months |
| title_full | Language Outcomes of 7-Year-Old Children With or Without a History of Late Language Emergence at 24 Months |
| title_fullStr | Language Outcomes of 7-Year-Old Children With or Without a History of Late Language Emergence at 24 Months |
| title_full_unstemmed | Language Outcomes of 7-Year-Old Children With or Without a History of Late Language Emergence at 24 Months |
| title_short | Language Outcomes of 7-Year-Old Children With or Without a History of Late Language Emergence at 24 Months |
| title_sort | language outcomes of 7-year-old children with or without a history of late language emergence at 24 months |
| topic | late talking outcomes longitudinal study specific language impairment |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4432 |