Speed of Language Comprehension at 18 months Predicts School-Relevant Outcomes at 54 months in Children Born Preterm

摘要

ObjectiveIdentifying which preterm children (PT) are at increased risk for language and learning differences increases opportunities for participation in interventions that improve outcomes. Speed in spoken language comprehension at early stages of language development requires information processing skills that may form the foundation for later language and school-relevant skills. In children born full term (FT), speed of comprehending words in an eye-tracking task at 2 years predicted language and non-verbal cognition at 8 years. Here, we explore the extent to which speed of language comprehension at 1½ years predicts both verbal and non-verbal outcomes at 4½ years in children born PT.