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Language skills at corrected age 2;0 are poorer in extremely and very preterm boys but not girls compared with their full-term peers

To date, there are contradictory findings concerning if, at which age, and to what extent children's language development is affected by prematurity at birth. The objective was to compare language skills of extremely preterm (EPT) and very preterm (VPT) girls and boys at 24 months corrected for...

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Published in:Early human development 2020-12, Vol.151, p.105164-105164, Article 105164
Main Authors: Tulviste, Tiia, Toome, Liis, Männamaa, Mairi, Varendi, Heili
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Language:English
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Summary:To date, there are contradictory findings concerning if, at which age, and to what extent children's language development is affected by prematurity at birth. The objective was to compare language skills of extremely preterm (EPT) and very preterm (VPT) girls and boys at 24 months corrected for gestational age (GA) at birth with those of full-term (FT) girls and boys, and to explore the effect of perinatal and demographic factors. Parents of 138 preterm (PT) children born
ISSN:0378-3782
1872-6232
DOI:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105164