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Linguistic performance in 2 years old preterm, considering chronological age and corrected age

Telma Iacovino Monteiro-Luperi1, Debora Maria Befi-Lopes1, Edna Maria Albuquerque Diniz1

  • 1Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

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|May 19, 2016
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Preterm birth can lead to language difficulties in children, even without brain damage. Early language assessments at two years show that age correction does not fully compensate for these developmental risks.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatrics
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Speech-Language Pathology

Background:

  • Preterm birth is associated with developmental challenges beyond perinatal mortality.
  • Language difficulties are a common concern in preterm infants, even in the absence of diagnosed brain damage.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the linguistic performance of preterm children at two years of corrected and chronological age.
  • To determine if age correction mitigates language deficits in preterm infants.

Main Methods:

  • A cohort of 23 preterm children was assessed.
  • The Test of Early Language Development-3 (TELD-3) was utilized to measure language skills.

Main Results:

  • Linguistic performance alterations were identified in 39.13% of preterm children using the TELD-3.
  • No significant difference in performance was observed between chronological and corrected age assessments for receptive subtests (p=0.250) and overall (p=1.000).

Conclusions:

  • Preterm children at two years old represent a population at high risk for language disorders.
  • Age correction alone is insufficient to compensate for the identified language deficits in this group.

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