BACKGROUND: Since preterm birth is associated with a constellation of pre-, peri-and post-
natal risk factors, we hypothesised that prematurity may continue to impact the development …

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 …

BACKGROUND: Although premature birth is associated with lags in language acquisition, it
is unclear whether preterms exhibit an elevated risk for language impairment (LI). This study …

Predicting language performances after preterm birth is challenging. It is described in the
literature that early exposure to the extrauterine environment can be either detrimental or …

This study examined the effects of being born very preterm on children's early language
development using prospective longitudinal data from a representative regional cohort of 90 …

Objective Despite the presence of many studies on difficulties related to premature birth,
findings on developmental outcomes are heterogeneous. This could be explained from a …

Aim This cross‐sectional study focused on the effect of very preterm (VPT) birth on language
development by analysing phonological, lexical, grammatical, and pragmatic skills and …

The objective of this study is to evaluate language outcome in pre-term children, considering
multiple factors. The hypothesis is that early communicative capacity (pre-verbal …

This study aimed to investigate early lexical and grammatical development and their
relations in a sample of very immature healthy preterms, in order to assess whether their …

The present study involved a systematic longitudinal analysis, with three points of
assessment in the second year of life, of gestures/actions, word comprehension, and word …