Article
Vocalization patterns in young children with Down syndrome: Utilizing the language environment analysis (LENA) to inform behavioral phenotypes.
Journal of intellectual disabilities : JOID - 1 Dec 2018
Parikh Chandni, Mastergeorge Ann M
Abstract excerpt
Children with Down syndrome (DS) are at higher risk for both delayed expressive language and poor speech intelligibility. The current study utilized the quantitative automated language environment analysis (LENA) to depict mother and child vocalizations and conversational patterns in the home of 43 children with DS, chronologically aged 24-64 months. Children with DS displayed fewer utterances than typically...
Topics
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Down Syndrome
- Female
- Humans
- Language Development Disorders
- Language Tests
- Male
- Mothers
- Phenotype
- Verbal Behavior