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Area of Science:

  • Developmental Pediatrics
  • Linguistic Psychology
  • Child Psychology

Background:

  • Preterm birth is associated with increased risk of linguistic disorders, even without neurosensory impairments.
  • Early identification of language development patterns in preterm children is crucial for timely intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To longitudinally analyze communicative and language abilities in preterm children during their second year of life.
  • To identify early communicative and language predictors of first verbal skills in preterm infants.
  • To compare language acquisition patterns between preterm and full-term children.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal study design.
  • Standardized questionnaire administered to assess communicative and language abilities.
  • Data collection focused on the second year of life.
  • Comparison between preterm and full-term children's language development.

Main Results:

  • Preterm children demonstrated slower language acquisition compared to full-term children, particularly in earlier developmental stages.
  • Significant differences in language abilities were observed at 16 and 18 months of corrected age.
  • Preterm infants utilized simpler linguistic categories (lexicon composition and syntactic complexity) for a longer duration than full-term infants.

Conclusions:

  • Preterm children exhibit a distinct pattern of language acquisition characterized by delays and the prolonged use of simpler linguistic structures.
  • The observed differences suggest qualitative variations in the developmental processes of language acquisition between preterm and full-term children.
  • Early language assessments are vital for understanding and supporting the unique developmental trajectories of preterm infants.