Long-Term Effects of Preterm Birth on Language and Literacy at Eight Years

Autor/inn/en	Guarini, Annalisa; Sansavini, Alessandra; Fabbri, Cristina; Savini, Silvia; Alessandroni, Rosina; Faldella, Giacomo; Karmiloff-Smith, Annette
Titel	Long-Term Effects of Preterm Birth on Language and Literacy at Eight Years
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 37 (2010) 4, S.865-885 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000909990109
Schlagwörter	Control Groups; Reading Comprehension; Linguistics; Phonological Awareness; Premature Infants; Monolingualism; Literacy; Cognitive Development; Language Acquisition; Italian; Foreign Countries; Grammar; Phonemes; Correlation; Language Impairments; Child Language; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leseverstehen; Linguistik; Frühgeburt; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Kognitive Entwicklung; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Italienisch; Ausland; Grammatik; Fonem; Korrelation; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Italien
Abstract	The aims of this study were to investigate whether specific linguistic difficulties in preterm children persist at eight years and to examine the interrelationships between language and literacy in this population, compared with a control group of full-term children. Sixty-eight monolingual Italian preterms and 26 chronologically matched controls were recruited. Language (grammar comprehension, lexical production and phonological awareness), literacy (reading comprehension, reading and writing) and general cognitive development were investigated. Results showed no general delay in preterms, but slight difficulties in specific linguistic abilities (grammar, lexicon, phoneme synthesis and deletion of the first syllable), more difficulties in literacy (speed in reading and accuracy in writing) and certain correlations among competencies turning out to be different from the control group. In conclusion, our study established that a partially atypical trajectory emerged in preterms, showing specific long-term effects of preterm birth on language and literacy development. (As Provided).
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