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Speech and Language Skills of Low-Risk Preterm and Full-Term Late Talkers: The Role of Child Factors and Parent Input

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  • Chiara Suttora

    (Department of Psychology “Renzo Canestrari”, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy)

  • Annalisa Guarini

    (Department of Psychology “Renzo Canestrari”, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy)

  • Mariagrazia Zuccarini

    (Department of Psychology “Renzo Canestrari”, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy)

  • Arianna Aceti

    (Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, 40138 Bologna, Italy
    Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy)

  • Luigi Corvaglia

    (Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, 40138 Bologna, Italy
    Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy)

  • Alessandra Sansavini

    (Department of Psychology “Renzo Canestrari”, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy)

Abstract

Among children in the third year of life, late talkers comprise from 9% to 20%. This range seems to increase when addressing preterm children. This study examined video-recorded child spontaneous speech during parent–child book sharing as well as linguistic skills reported through the MacArthur Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MB-CDI) Short Form in 61 late talkers aged 30 months old (26 low-risk preterm, 8 females; 35 full-term, 12 females). Differences between low-risk preterm and full-term late talkers in child language measures and parental speech input were tested, as were the roles of child and parent factors on child language. Low-risk preterm and full-term late talkers showed similar speech and language skills. Similarly, no differences were found in measures of parental speech between groups. Child cognitive score, chronological age, and low-risk preterm status were positively associated with lexical diversity, rate, and composition of child speech production, whereas family history for language and/or learning disorders as well as parent measures of lexical diversity, rate, and grammatical complexity were negatively associated with the above child variables. In addition, child cognitive score and low-risk preterm status were positively associated with the MB-CDI measures of word and sentence production. Findings are discussed in terms of the need of good practices when following up on low-risk preterm children and of interventions targeting parents’ input to preterm and full-term late talkers.

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  • Chiara Suttora & Annalisa Guarini & Mariagrazia Zuccarini & Arianna Aceti & Luigi Corvaglia & Alessandra Sansavini, 2020. "Speech and Language Skills of Low-Risk Preterm and Full-Term Late Talkers: The Role of Child Factors and Parent Input," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(20), pages 1-22, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:20:p:7684-:d:432382
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    1. Annalisa Guarini & Miguel Pérez Pereira & Anneloes van Baar & Alessandra Sansavini, 2021. "Special Issue: Preterm Birth: Research, Intervention and Developmental Outcomes," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(6), pages 1-4, March.
    2. Chiara Suttora & Annalisa Guarini & Mariagrazia Zuccarini & Arianna Aceti & Luigi Corvaglia & Alessandra Sansavini, 2022. "Integrating Gestures and Words to Communicate in Full-Term and Low-Risk Preterm Late Talkers," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(7), pages 1-22, March.

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