Oral and written language production in premature children: Results in 71/2-year-olds
Oral and written language production in premature children: Results in 71/2-year-olds
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DOI:
10.1159/000070723
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发表时间:
2003-05-01
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1
通讯作者:
Delfosse, MJ
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作者:
Crunelle, D;Le Normand, MT;Delfosse, MJ
Prematurity entails risk factors of cognitive delay, particularly in language production and reading. These risk factors may be related to physiological and/or environmental variables. This study has two main objectives: (1) to track down which preterm children are most at risk of developing cognitive delays, particularly language production and reading; (2) to study whether screening of oral language in 3(1)/(2)-year-olds predicts their future reading ability. A cohort of 50 preterm children (23 boys and 27 girls) was followed from the ages of 2 to 7(1)/(2) years. The results show that: (a) 28% of the premature children present delayed language production at 3(1)/(2) years of age; (b) 34% of these children present delayed reading at 7(1)/(2) years of age; (c) language production at 3(1)/(2) years predicts the reading ability at 7(1)/(2) years, and (d) premature children who are most at risk are those who belong to low sociocultural groups.