Journal article
Language in 2-year-old children born preterm and term: A cohort study
K Sanchez, AJ Spittle, JLY Cheong, DK Thompson, LW Doyle, PJ Anderson, AT Morgan
Archives of Disease in Childhood | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2019
Abstract
Purpose Language skills are critical. Children born very preterm are vulnerable to language problems, but further work is needed to determine characteristics and specific predictors of language problems in this population. We aimed to compare language outcomes between 2-year-old children born <30 weeks and their term-born peers; and to explore risk factors for language difficulties in this cohort. Design Language at 2 years was examined in 134 children born <30 weeks and 133 children born at term using the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development - 3rd Edition (Bayley-3) and the Communication and Symbolic Behaviour Scale: Developmental Profile (Infant Toddler Checklist) (CSBS:DP). Out..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This research was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (AM Career Development Award 607315 and Practitioner Fellow 1105008; AS Career Development Fellowship 11098714, DT Career Development Fellowship 1085754, JC Career Development Fellowship 1141354, PA Senior Research Fellowship 1081288, KS AS JC DT LD and PA Centre for Research Excellence in Newborn Medicine grant 1060733), an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship (KS), and from Speech Pathology Australia's Nadia Verrall Memorial Research Grant (KS). Murdoch Children's Research Institute research is supported by the Victorian government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program.