OBJECTIVES: The present study focused on examining the continuity and directionality of language skills in late talkers (LTs) and identifying factors which might contribute to language outcomes at the age of 3 years. METHODS: Subjects were 23 Cypriot-Greek-speaking toddlers classified as LTs and 24 age-matched @entity245 ( @entity245 ). @entity1 were assessed at 28, 32 and 36 months, using various linguistic measures such as size of receptive and expressive vocabulary, @entity3656 ( @entity3656 ) of words and number of consonants produced. Data on @entity2346 media familial history were also analyzed. RESULTS: The ANOVA results indicated parallel developmental profiles between the two groups, with a language lag characterizing LTs. Concurrent correlations between measures showed that poor phonetic inventories in the LT group at 28 months predicted poor @entity3656 at the ages of 32 and 36 months. Significant cross-lagged correlations supported the finding that poor phonetic inventories at 28 months served as a good predictor for @entity3656 and expressive vocabulary at the age of 32 and for @entity3656 at 36 months. CONCLUSIONS: The results highlight the negative effect of early @entity10791 on language skills up to the age of 3 years and lend support to the current literature regarding the universal linguistic picture of early and persistent @entity10791 . Based on the current results, poor phonetic inventories at the age of intake might serve as a predictive factor for language outcomes at the age of 36 months. Finally, the findings are discussed in view of the need for further research with a focus on more language-sensitive tools in testing later language outcomes.    2014 S. Karger AG, Basel.

Early XXXX phenotypes and correlation with later linguistic abilities.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Participants'] @entity3656 :: ('MESH:D007870', 'Disease') :: ['MLU', 'mean length of utterance'] @entity245 :: ('MESH:D002658', 'Disease') :: ['typically developing peers', 'TDs'] @entity10791 :: ('MESH:D007805', 'Disease') :: ['language delay'] @entity2346 :: ('MESH:D010031', 'Disease') :: ['otitis']
@entity10791 :: (MESH:D007805,Disease) :: ['language delay']
