Journal article
Communication in children born very preterm: a prospective cohort study
K Sanchez, JO Boyce, C Mei, M St John, J Smith, L Leembruggen, S Mills, AJ Spittle, AT Morgan
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology | WILEY | Published : 2020
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.14360
Abstract
Aim: To compare language, speech, and voice of children born preterm and at term, and determine relevant predictors of outcome. Method: Three hundred infants (150 males, 150 females; 149 born at <30wks’ gestation, 151 term-born) were prospectively recruited at birth from the Royal Women's Hospital. We administered the Preschool Language Scales, Fifth Edition, Diagnostic Evaluation of Articulation and Phonology, Grade Roughness Breathiness Asthenia Strain Scale, and Pediatric Voice Handicap Index at 3 years, and compared groups. We examined hypothesized predictors in children born preterm: gestational age at birth, birthweight, sex, chronic lung disease, high social risk, multilingualism, neu..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We acknowledge the VIBeS team, which contributed to recruitment, data collection, and analysis; the families and children who participated in this study; and Diane Zannino, who provided statistical consultation. Funding for this study was received from the National Health and Medical Research Council (AM Career Development Award #607315 and Practitioner Fellow #1105008; AS Career Development Fellowship 1108714, Centre for Research Excellence in Newborn Medicine grant 1060733; KS Centre for Research Excellence in Newborn Medicine grant 1060733), an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship (KS), and 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.