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Effect of preterm birth on morphosyntactic development
Marzie Faraji1, Mona Ebrahimipour1, Nahid Jalilevand2,3
1Department of Speech and Language Pathology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran
|April 14, 2020
Summary
Children born preterm often face language challenges. This study found preterm children had weaker morphosyntax skills than full-term peers, indicating a need for early grammatical assessment and intervention.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Linguistics
- Pediatrics
Background:
- Preterm birth is associated with potential language deficits, particularly in grammatical skills.
- Early identification of these deficits is crucial for timely intervention.
- Morphosyntax development in preterm children requires further investigation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To compare the morphosyntax ability of Persian-speaking preterm children with that of full-term children.
- To investigate potential differences in grammatical skills between these groups.
- To determine if gestational age or gender influences morphosyntax outcomes in preterm children.
Main Methods:
- A cohort of 86 Persian-speaking children (43 preterm, 43 full-term) aged 4-5 years participated.
- Morphosyntactic performance was evaluated using the Persian Developing Sentence Scoring (PDSS).
- Participants were carefully matched for age, gender, and gestational age.
Main Results:
- Full-term children demonstrated significantly superior morphosyntactic performance compared to preterm children (p<0.05).
- Preterm children's grammatical skills, as measured by PDSS, were less developed than those of their full-term counterparts.
- Gestational age and gender did not significantly impact the PDSS scores of preterm children (p>0.05).
Conclusions:
- Preterm children are at heightened risk for morphosyntax impairments.
- These grammatical deficits may persist and not resolve naturally during development.
- Routine grammatical assessment and targeted treatment are recommended for preterm children.
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