Children Born Prematurely May Demonstrate Catch-Up Growth in Pre-Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Mahurin-Smith, Jamie; DeThorne, Laura S.; Petrill, Stephen A.
Titel	Children Born Prematurely May Demonstrate Catch-Up Growth in Pre-Adolescence
Quelle	In: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 52 (2021) 2, S.675-685 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mahurin-Smith, Jamie) ORCID (DeThorne, Laura S.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-1461
Schlagwörter	Premature Infants; Preadolescents; Child Development; Language Tests; Age Differences; Language Skill Attrition; Attention Control; Child Behavior; Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühgeburt; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Kindesentwicklung; Language test; Sprachtest; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Sprachverfall; Aufmerksamkeitstest
Abstract	Introduction: Children born prematurely often score lower on standardized tests of language in early childhood. Less is known about longer term outcomes. This investigation considered language outcomes in pre-adolescent children born very preterm/very low birthweight, as assessed by both standardized test scores and language sample measures, and explored attention abilities as a possible moderating factor. Method: The present investigation provided a longitudinal follow-up to Mahurin Smith et al. (2014) by examining the language outcomes of 84 children at the 11-year time point (39 with a history of prematurity and 45 born at full term) and a total of 82 at the 12-year time point (37 with a history of prematurity, 45 born at full term). Assessments included subtests of the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals--Fourth Edition, productive language measures taken from narrative tasks, and parent and examiner ratings of attention. Results: Gestational age significantly predicted standardized language scores at age 11 years, but this effect was no longer statistically significant at age 12 years. When parent ratings of attention were considered as additional variables, gestational age was no longer a significant predictor. Gestational age did not serve as a significant predictor for the productive language measures at either time point. Discussion: Results indicate that catch-up growth in language may take place in pre-adolescence for many children born prematurely. Clinical implications focus on the need to utilize multiple forms of language assessment and to directly consider the potential role of attention on standard test results. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01