Early Speech Sound Production and Its Trajectories in Very Preterm Children From 2 to 4 Years of Age.

Purpose: Very preterm (VPT) children are at risk for speech and language problems throughout school age. However, little is known about early speech sound production in these children. This study aims to present a detailed description of early speech sound production and its trajectories in VPT children from 2 to 4 years of age.

[Formula: see text]Are multidisciplinary neurodevelopmental profiles of children born very preterm at age 2 relevant to their long-term development? A preliminary study.

To identify distinctive multidisciplinary neurodevelopmental profiles of relatively healthy children born very preterm (VPT) and describe the longitudinal course of these profiles up to age 10. At 2 years of corrected age, 84 children born VPT underwent standardized testing for cognitive, language, speech, motor, behavioral, and auditory nerve function. These data were submitted to factor and cluster analysis.

Validity of an early parent-report questionnaire for language disorder in very preterm children from 2 to 10 years of age.

Background: Language problems at an early age in very preterm (VP) children can have a detrimental effect on other developmental domains and often persist throughout childhood. The aim of this study was to examine the concurrent and predictive validity of an early language parent-report questionnaire for language disorder in VP children from 2 to 10 years of age.

Materials And Methods: In 80 VP children (<32 weeks' gestation) without major disabilities, a parent-questionnaire and formal language assessment, both normed for the general population, were administered at 2 years corrected age (CA).

Normal neonatal hearing screening did not preclude sensorineural hearing loss in two-year-old very preterm infants.

Aim: Very preterm infants are at risk of neonatal hearing loss. However, it is unknown whether infants with a normal neonatal hearing screening result risk sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) at a later age.

Methods: This cohort study was conducted at the Erasmus Medical University Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 77 very preterm infants born between October 2005 and September 2008.

Language functions in preterm-born children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background And Objective: Preterm-born children (<37 weeks' gestation) have higher rates of language function problems compared with term-born children. It is unknown whether these problems decrease, deteriorate, or remain stable over time. The goal of this research was to determine the developmental course of language functions in preterm-born children from 3 to 12 years of age.

Phonological development in very-low-birthweight children: an exploratory study.

Aim: Very-low-birthweight (VLBW; birthweight<1500 g and/or gestational age <32 wks) children are at risk for speech problems. However, there are few studies on speech development in VLBW children at an early age. The aim of this study was to investigate phonological development in 2-year-old VLBW children.