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Literacy outcomes of children with early childhood speech sound disorders: impact of endophenotypes.
Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - 1 Dec 2011
Lewis Barbara A, Avrich Allison A, Freebairn Lisa A, Hansen Amy J, Sucheston Lara E, Kuo Iris, Taylor H Gerry, Iyengar Sudha K, Stein Catherine M
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PURPOSE: To demonstrate that early childhood speech sound disorders (SSD) and later school-age reading, written expression, and spelling skills are influenced by shared endophenotypes that may be in part genetic. METHOD: Children with SSD and their siblings were assessed at early childhood (ages 4-6 years) and followed at school age (7-12 years). The relationship of shared endophenotypes with early childhood SSD...
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