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Direct linkStolt, Suvi; Matomaki, Jaakko; Haataja, Leena; Lapinleimu, Helena; Lehtonen, Liisa – Journal of Child Language, 2013
It is not well understood how grammar emerges in very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) children. The main aim of the present study was to gain information on the emergence of grammar in this group at 2; 0. The Finnish version of the Communicative Development Inventory was used to collect data from VLBW children ("N" = 156) and full-term controls…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Body Weight, Grammar, Language Acquisition
Lind, Annika; Korkman, Marit; Lehtonen, Liisa; Lapinleimu, Helena; Parkkola, Riitta; Matomaki, Jaakko; Haataja, Leena – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2011
Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the cognitive level and neuropsychological performance at 5 years of age in children with a very low birthweight (VLBW; birthweight less than 1501g) born in 2001 to 2003. Method: A regional cohort of 97 children with a VLBW (mean gestational age 28wks [SD 3wks]; mean birthweight 1054g [SD 259g]; 50 male; 47…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Neuropsychology, Intelligence, Premature Infants
Stolt, Suvi; Lehtonen, Liisa; Haataja, Leena; Lapinleimu, Helena – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2012
The aim of the present study was to analyze early vocalization development, the predictive value of this development in terms of later language skills, and possible gender difference in early vocalization development in a selected cohort of 32 very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) children and 35 full-term controls. The data on early vocalization…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Language Skills, Gender Differences, Linguistic Performance
Stolt, Suvi; Haataja, Leena; Lapinleimu, Helena; Lehtonen, Liisa – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2009
The aim of this longitudinal study was to obtain information on the early lexical development and its predictive value to language skills in very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) children. The MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory was used to collect data of the early receptive and expressive lexicon of the 32 VLBW children. This information was…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Infants, Language Acquisition, Longitudinal Studies
Stolt, Suvi; Klippi, Anu; Launonen, Kaisa; Munck, Petriina; Lehtonen, Liisa; Lapinleimu, Helena; Haataja, Leena – Journal of Child Language, 2007
This paper focuses on the aspects of the lexicon in 66 prematurely born very-low-birth-weight and 87 full-term Finnish children at 2;0, studied using the Finnish version of the "MacArthur Communicative Developmental Inventory". The groups did not differ in vocabulary size. Furthermore, the female advantage in vocabulary size was not seen…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, Premature Infants
