Background Preterm infants are at greater risk of language delay. Early identification of
language delay is essential to improve functional outcome in these children. Aim To …

Developmental language disorder has been reported in 3% to 10% of term infants and 30%
of preterm infants (< 34 weeks gestation). Screening for language delay in preterm infants …

Background The optimal age for assessing language difficulties in premature children
remains unclear. Aims To determine the most predictive and earliest screening tool for later …

The four main aims of this cohort study were to (1) determine the number of consecutively
referred low birth weight (LBW) infants presenting with delayed language at 12 and 24 …

Early identification of language delay is important as it has a serious impact on a child's life
in terms of educational, social, and emotional development. Among the early language …

Background Very preterm infants (< 30 weeks of gestation) are at increased risk of specific
language impairment and systematic developmental follow-up is essential for the provision …

Eighty-one preterm infants (mean gestational age 29 weeks, range 24-36 weeks)
discharged from The Johns Hopkins Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit were followed up …

Background: Preterm children have more language problems than term children. However, it
is unknown whether the language problems in these children worsen, are stable, or improve …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Preterm-born children (< 37 weeks' gestation) have
higher rates of language function problems compared with term-born children. It is unknown …

This article examines the relationship and predictive power of the Early Language Milestone
Scale-2 (ELM-2) and the Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II (BSID-II). Both scales were …