Speech and Language in 5-year-olds with Different Neurological Disabilities and the Association between Early and Later Consonant Production: Speech/Language in Neurological Disabilities

The primary aim was to describe speech and language abilities in a clinical group of verbal 5-year-old children diagnosed with neurological disability (ND) in infancy, and the secondary aim was to trace precursors to consonant production at age 5 years (T2) in data from 12 to 22 months (T1). The par...

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Published in:Developmental neurorehabilitation 2021-08, Vol.24 (6), p.408-417
Main Authors: Nyman, Anna, Strömbergsson, Sofia, Lindström, Katarina, Lohmander, Anette, Miniscalco, Carmela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
babbling
Cerebral palsy
consonants
Down syndrome
intellectual disability
longitudinal
Neurologi
Neurology
Neurosciences & Neurology
Pediatrics
Pediatrik
Rehabilitation
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Summary:The primary aim was to describe speech and language abilities in a clinical group of verbal 5-year-old children diagnosed with neurological disability (ND) in infancy, and the secondary aim was to trace precursors to consonant production at age 5 years (T2) in data from 12 to 22 months (T1). The participants (n = 11, with Down syndrome (DS), cerebral palsy, and chromosomal deletion syndromes) were tested with a battery of speech and language tests. Consonant production at T2 was compared to data on consonant use at T1. At T2, two participants had age appropriate speech and language and another three had age-appropriate speech, but low results on language tests. The remaining six participants had severe speech and language difficulties. Participants with DS had significantly lower results on consonant production measures. An association between consonant production at T1 and T2 for participants with DS indicates that number of different true consonants might be a predictive measure when evaluating young children with DS.
ISSN:1751-8423
1751-8431
DOI:10.1080/17518423.2021.1899327