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ERIC Number: EJ1094369
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Mar
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1053-8151
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Early Language Milestones and Specific Language Impairment
Rudolph, Johanna M.; Leonard, Laurence B.
Journal of Early Intervention, v38 n1 p41-58 Mar 2016
Delayed appearance of early language milestones can be one of the first signs of a developmental disorder. In this study, we investigated how well late acquisition of language milestones predicted an outcome of specific language impairment (SLI). The sample included 150 children (76 SLI), aged 4 to 7 years old. Milestone information was collected via retrospective parent report in a case-control design. Children who produced first words after 15 months met late word producer (LWP) criteria, and children who produced word combinations after 24 months met late word combiner (LWC) criteria. Accuracy metrics indicated that children identified as LWCs were at significantly increased risk of developing SLI (positive likelihood ratio [LR+] = 8.18, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [3.43, 19.53]), whereas children identified as LWPs were not (LR+ = 2.50, 95% CI = [0.95, 6.75]). Notably, a sizable proportion of children with SLI met neither LWP nor LWC criteria. Further analyses indicated that consideration of genetic and environmental risk factors may play an important role in early identification. Our results suggest that delayed milestone achievement is associated with SLI, but that the type of delay matters when making clinical decisions.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) (DHHS/NIH); National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
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Identifiers - Location: Indiana
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Columbia Mental Maturity Scale; Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals; Reynell Developmental Language Scales
Grant or Contract Numbers: TL1TR000162; R01DC00458