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Language skills at age 6 years in Swedish children screened for language delay at 2½ years of age
Author(s) -
Miniscalco Carmela,
Westerlund Monica,
Lohmander Anette
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2005.tb01856.x
Subject(s) - medicine , language delay , age groups , language development , pediatrics , developmental psychology , demography , psychology , sociology
This study concerns language outcome in 6‐y‐old children who participated in a longitudinal community‐based study of 105 children screened for language delay (LD) at 2½ y of age. The purpose was to investigate (1) whether results from the 2½‐y screening were persistent at 6 y of age, and (2) what language domains at age 6 were difficult for (a) children with LD at age 2½ y and (b) children with normal language (LN) at the same age. Significant differences between LD and LN at age 2½ y were persistent at age 6. The vulnerability that was identified at 2½ y of age, such as problems with going from single‐word utterances to multiword utterances, seems to persist as delayed development at different language levels and across language domains. Conclusion: This study has shown that children who failed the 2½‐y screening are at high risk of having persistent language problems at age 6 y.