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View article: Musical rhythm abilities and risk for developmental speech-language problems and disorders: epidemiological and polygenic associations
Musical rhythm abilities and risk for developmental speech-language problems and disorders: epidemiological and polygenic associations Open
Impaired musical rhythm abilities and developmental speech-language related disorders are biologically and clinically intertwined. Prior work examining their relationship has primarily used small samples; here, we studied associations at p…
View article: Analyzing the Impact of Explicit and Implicit Cognitive Constructs on NVIQ Test Performance
Analyzing the Impact of Explicit and Implicit Cognitive Constructs on NVIQ Test Performance Open
Purpose: Children with neurodevelopmental disorders historically have lower and more unstable nonverbal intelligence (NVIQ) scores compared to their typical peers. Herein, we posited that the intrinsic characteristics of the tests themselv…
View article: Analyzing the Impact of Four Cognitive Constructs on Nonverbal Intelligence Test Performance: Implications for Children With Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Analyzing the Impact of Four Cognitive Constructs on Nonverbal Intelligence Test Performance: Implications for Children With Neurodevelopmental Disorders Open
Purpose: Children with neurodevelopmental disorders historically exhibit lower and more variable nonverbal intelligence (NVIQ) scores compared to their typically developing peers. We hypothesize that the intrinsic characteristics of the te…
View article: Analyzing the Impact of Explicit and Implicit Cognitive Constructs on NVIQ Test Performance
Analyzing the Impact of Explicit and Implicit Cognitive Constructs on NVIQ Test Performance Open
Purpose: Children with neurodevelopmental disorders historically have lower and more unstable nonverbal intelligence (NVIQ) scores compared to their typical peers. Herein, we posited that the intrinsic characteristics of the tests themselv…
View article: Analyzing the Impact of Explicit and Implicit Cognitive Constructs on NVIQ Test Performance
Analyzing the Impact of Explicit and Implicit Cognitive Constructs on NVIQ Test Performance Open
Purpose: Children with neurodevelopmental disorders historically have lower and more unstable nonverbal intelligence (NVIQ) scores compared to their typical peers. Herein, we posited that the intrinsic characteristics of the tests themselv…
View article: Musical rhythm abilities and risk for developmental speech-language problems and disorders: epidemiological and polygenic associations
Musical rhythm abilities and risk for developmental speech-language problems and disorders: epidemiological and polygenic associations Open
Impaired musical rhythm abilities and developmental speech-language related disorders are biologically and clinically intertwined. Prior work examining their relationship has primarily used small samples; here, we studied associations at p…
View article: Musical rhythm abilities and risk for developmental speech-language problems and disorders: epidemiological and polygenic associations
Musical rhythm abilities and risk for developmental speech-language problems and disorders: epidemiological and polygenic associations Open
Impaired musical rhythm abilities and developmental speech-language related disorders are biologically and clinically intertwined. Prior work examining their relationship has primarily used small samples; here, we studied associations at p…
View article: Go Beyond Compliance: Use Individualized Education Programs to Answer Strategic Questions and Improve Programs
Go Beyond Compliance: Use Individualized Education Programs to Answer Strategic Questions and Improve Programs Open
Purpose: The most significant document to ensure effective and compliant design, implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of a program of special education services in the United States is the Individualized Education Program (IEP). Alt…
View article: Genetics and the Science of Reading
Genetics and the Science of Reading Open
As is clear to educators, students in the same class differ widely in their reading skills. Reading skill development is a result of the interplay between genetic (nature) and environmental (nurture) influences and understanding the role o…
View article: A meta-analysis of the relationship between speech and language development in children with nonsyndromic cleft palate with or without cleft lip
A meta-analysis of the relationship between speech and language development in children with nonsyndromic cleft palate with or without cleft lip Open
Objective: Children with nonsyndromic cleft palate with or without cleft lip (NSCP±L) are at risk for speech production and language delays. In typical development, a strong relationship exists between speech and expressive language develo…
View article: Go Beyond Compliance: Use IEPs To Answer Strategic Questions and Improve Programs
Go Beyond Compliance: Use IEPs To Answer Strategic Questions and Improve Programs Open
PURPOSE: The most significant document to ensure effective and compliant design, implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of a program of special education services in the United States is the Individualized Education Program (IEP). Alt…
View article: Enhancing Online Speech and Language Assessment: Item Development for the Remote Adult Language Experiment (ReAL-E) Tool
Enhancing Online Speech and Language Assessment: Item Development for the Remote Adult Language Experiment (ReAL-E) Tool Open
Purpose: Recent technological advancements in psychology have yielded multiple unsupervised online tools for measuring cognitive skills. However, these tools do not measure key features of communication abilities in adults, such as product…
View article: Pipeline for Identifying Genetic and Demographic Predictors of Latent Reading Ability: Demonstration in ALSPAC Cohort
Pipeline for Identifying Genetic and Demographic Predictors of Latent Reading Ability: Demonstration in ALSPAC Cohort Open
Purpose Reading ability is a complex skill utilizing multiple proficiencies and that develops through interactions between genetic and environmental factors. This study presents an alternative analytic pipeline to identify key genetic and …
View article: Lancaster_etal_2021_JRR_preprint
Lancaster_etal_2021_JRR_preprint Open
Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between selective visual attention (SVA), reading decoding, listening comprehension, and reading comprehension in children with and without a reading disorder.Methods: W…
View article: Selective visual attention skills differentially predict decoding and reading comprehension performance across reading ability profiles
Selective visual attention skills differentially predict decoding and reading comprehension performance across reading ability profiles Open
Background The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between selective visual attention (SVA), reading decoding, listening comprehension and reading comprehension in children with and without a reading disorder. Methods We …
View article: Identifying interactive biological pathways associated with reading disability
Identifying interactive biological pathways associated with reading disability Open
Introduction Past research has suggested that reading disability is a complex disorder involving genetic and environment contributions, as well as gene–gene and gene–environment interaction, but to date little is known about the underlying…
View article: The Structure of Word Learning in Young School-Age Children
The Structure of Word Learning in Young School-Age Children Open
Purpose We investigated four theoretically based latent variable models of word learning in young school-age children. Method One hundred sixty-seven English-speaking second graders with typical development from three U.S. states participa…
View article: Effects of a naturalistic intervention on the speech outcomes of young children with cleft palate
Effects of a naturalistic intervention on the speech outcomes of young children with cleft palate Open
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which a naturalistic communication intervention, Enhanced Milieu Teaching with Phonological Emphasis (EMT + PE) improved the speech outcomes of toddlers with cleft …
View article: Early Speech and Language Development in Children With Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and/or Palate: A Meta-Analysis
Early Speech and Language Development in Children With Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and/or Palate: A Meta-Analysis Open
Objective The aim of the study was to conduct a meta-analysis of research examining the early speech and language functioning of young children, birth to age 8;11 (years;months), with nonsyndromic cleft lip and/or palate (NSCL/P) compared …
View article: Cleft early speech and language meta-analysis (Lancaster et al., 2019)
Cleft early speech and language meta-analysis (Lancaster et al., 2019) Open
Objective: The aim of the study was to conduct a meta-analysis of research examining the early speech and language functioning of young children, birth to age 8;11 (years;months), with nonsyndromic cleft lip and/or palate (NSCL/P) c…
View article: Reconceptualizing developmental language disorder as a spectrum disorder: issues and evidence
Reconceptualizing developmental language disorder as a spectrum disorder: issues and evidence Open
Background There is considerable variability in the presentation of developmental language disorder (DLD). Disagreement amongst professionals about how to characterize and interpret the variability complicates both the research on understa…
View article: Changes in Articulation and Phonological Patterns During Early Intervention in Children with Cleft Palate With or Without Cleft Lip
Changes in Articulation and Phonological Patterns During Early Intervention in Children with Cleft Palate With or Without Cleft Lip Open
Early intervention is often recommended for children with cleft palate, although speech outcomes over the course of intervention have not been extensively documented. The primary objective of this study was to describe the change in use of…
View article: Subjective Fatigue in Children With Hearing Loss Assessed Using Self- and Parent-Proxy Report
Subjective Fatigue in Children With Hearing Loss Assessed Using Self- and Parent-Proxy Report Open
Purpose The primary purposes of this study were to examine the effects of hearing loss and respondent type (self- vs. parent-proxy report) on subjective fatigue in children. We also examined associations between child-specific factors and …
View article: Using Local Norms when Identifying PLD: Utility of Sample Specific Parameters
Using Local Norms when Identifying PLD: Utility of Sample Specific Parameters Open
This project demonstrates a local norming procedure for ruling out global intellectual delay when identifying primary language disorder (PLD) for children from traditionally underrepresented populations. The Epidemiological Study of Specif…