Language development in preschoolers with cleft
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Developmental Neuropsychology
- Vol. 6 (2) , 173-182
- https://doi.org/10.1080/87565649009540457
Abstract
Sixty‐five children with cleft lip and/or palate, ages 4, 5, and 6, were examined on several measures of language and memory development. No consistent sex or cleft‐type differences were noted; thus the group was compared, as a whole, to normative standards. The cleft group showed average abilities on measures of vocabulary definition, verbal analogies, and auditory memory span. However, the group showed significant delays on picture categorization and visual and intersensory memory measures. These measures appear to require verbal mediation. Therefore, children with clefts appear to have a delay in a specific type of language development, rather than generalized language delays.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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