Purpose This study examined the extent to which children born preterm (< 37 weeks) and/or
who have low birth weight (< 2,500 g) catch up with their full term peers in terms of their …

Many researchers have investigated the potential impact of breastfeeding in infancy on a
child's subsequent development, but only a small subset of these studies considers …

Purpose Preschoolers born preterm are at an increased risk for the development of
language impairments. The primary objective of this study was to document the expressive …

The ability of children to combine syllables represents an important developmental
milestone. This ability is often delayed or impaired in a variety of clinical groups, including …

Background Volumes of cerebellar posterior lobes have been associated with cognitive
skills, such as language functioning. Children born very preterm (VPT) often have language …

Variability is common in language sample analysis (LSA), arising from personal factors such
as age or level of education, or from factors within the text such as its length and purpose …

Purpose Language difficulties are prevalent among children born preterm. Existing studies
have largely used standardized language tests, providing limited scope for detailed …

Os bebés de pré-termo (com menos de 32 semanas) ou com muito baixo peso ao nascer
(abaixo dos 1500g) apresentam um risco agravado de problemas de saúde e …

Objective The aim of this study was to examine the association between receptive
vocabulary performance and intellectual quotient (IQ) in preterm born children compared to …

Purpose: To understand how best to assess the language abilities of preterm-born children,
this study:(a) compared preterm-and term-born children's language skills using standardized …