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The Speech and Language Development of Low Birth Weight Infants
Author(s) -
WRIGHT N. E.,
THISLETHWAITE D.,
ELTON R. A.,
WILKINSON E. M.,
FORFAR J. O.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.3109/13682828309012241
Subject(s) - low birth weight , psychology , articulation (sociology) , language development , audiology , birth weight , developmental psychology , comprehension , language delay , speech perception , language disorder , linguistics , medicine , cognition , perception , psychiatry , pregnancy , neuroscience , politics , political science , law , biology , philosophy , genetics
Summary A group of 70 low birth weight infants and 49 matched controls were studied at 3;5 years of age for speech and language development and hearing acuity as part of an ongoing developmental study of low birth weight infants. Results showed that the low birth weight infants were found to be significantly delayed in language expression and comprehension when compared with their controls. There was not a significant difference between the two groups in speech articulation or hearing. Certain social and environmental factors were found to be strong predictors of speech and language development in both groups.