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Patterns Of Development In Late Talkers: Preschool Years, Rhea Paul
Patterns Of Development In Late Talkers: Preschool Years, Rhea Paul
Communication Disorders Faculty Publications
A group of children was identified as “late talkers” (LT) on the basis of small expressive vocabulary size at 20–34 months of age and matched to a group of normally speaking age-mates. The subjects were followed yearly throughout the preschool period in order to track growth in language and related skills. Results showed that although significant improvement in speech and language skill occurred during the preschool period in the late talkers, a substantial minority of children retained deficits throughout the preschool years. By kindergarten age, these children, as a group, scored within, but at the low end of the normal …
Language Outcomes In Late-Talkers: Kindergarten, Rhea Paul
Language Outcomes In Late-Talkers: Kindergarten, Rhea Paul
Communication Disorders Faculty Publications
To examine language outcomes related to language acquisition and academic readiness, this study followed a group of toddlers with slow expressive language development (SELD) through their kindergarten year. Subjects were 27 children between 20 and 34 months who produced fewer than 50 words or no 2-word combinations on L. Resconla's (1989) Language Development Survey. This group was matched with a control group of 25 children with expressive vocabularies larger than 50 words. All subjects were given an intensive battery of assessments for receptive language, cognitive development, oral motor function, and adaptive behavior. A videotaped free play interaction between parent and …
Phonological Behavior In Toddlers With Slow Expressive Language Development, Rhea Paul, Patricia Jennings
Phonological Behavior In Toddlers With Slow Expressive Language Development, Rhea Paul, Patricia Jennings
Communication Disorders Faculty Publications
Toddlers with slow expressive language development were compared to normally speaking age-mates on three global measures of phonological behavior: the average level of complexity of their syllable structures, the number of different consonant phonemes produced, and the percentage of consonants correctly produced in intelligible utterances. The groups were found to differ significantly on all three variables. Further analyses were done, breaking the groups down into narrower age ranges. These comparisons also revealed differences between late-talking and normal youngsters. Detailed analyses of the range of phonemes and syllable structures produced, as well as the appearance of phoneme classes within syllable structures …
Profiles Of Toddlers With Slow Expressive Language Development, Rhea Paul
Profiles Of Toddlers With Slow Expressive Language Development, Rhea Paul
Communication Disorders Faculty Publications
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