Language nutrition for language health in children with disorders: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT: The quantity and quality of child-directed speech-language nutrition-provided to typically-developing children is associated with language outcomes-language health. Limited information is available about child-directed speech to children at biological risk of language impairments. We conducted a scoping review on caregiver child-directed speech for children with three clinical conditions associated with language impairments-preterm birth, intellectual disability, and autism-addressing three questions: (1) How does child-directed speech to these children differ from speech to typically-developing children? (2) What are the associations between child-directed speech and child language outcomes? (3) How convincing are intervention studies that aim to improve child-directed speech and thereby

SUBMITTER: Bang JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6962542 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature