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 …

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 …

Background Early auditory experiences are a prerequisite for speech and language
acquisition. In healthy children, phoneme discrimination abilities improve for native and …

Highlights•Language development is no longer viewed from a dichotomous nature versus
nurture perspective.•Biological and experiential factors are now increasingly recognized to …

Objective: Language problems are thought to occur more frequently in very preterm children
compared with healthy term born children. The primary aim of this study was to examine the …

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 …

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to describe language functioning at 13 years
of age and examine its developmental trajectory from 2 to 13 years of age in children born …

In order to understand how language abilities emerge in typically and atypically developing
infants and toddlers, it is important to embrace complexity in development. In this paper, we …

Previous research has shown that by the time of birth, the neonate brain responds specially
to the native language when compared to acoustically similar non-language stimuli. In the …

BACKGROUND: Obstetrical and neonatal complications and/or an adverse parenting
environment are risk factors for language impairment, but little is known about their effects …