Growth and Decline in Language and Phonological Memory Over Two Years Among Adolescents With Down Syndrome.
Am J Intellect Dev Disabil
; 123(2): 103-118, 2018 03.
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ABSTRACT
Forty-two adolescents with Down syndrome (DS) ages 10 to 21 years completed a battery of language and phonological memory measures twice, 2 years apart. Individual differences were highly stable across two years. Receptive vocabulary scores improved, there was no change in receptive or expressive grammar scores, and nonword repetition scores declined. Digit memory and expressive vocabulary scores improved among younger adolescents, but generally held steady among older adolescents. These patterns may reveal key points in development at which interventions may be best applied. Further research is needed to understand specific processes in tasks that appear to be slowing or declining during adolescence. They may be important for understanding early aging and dementia in DS.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Síndrome de Down
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Idioma
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Desenvolvimento da Linguagem
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Memória
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Intellect Dev Disabil
Assunto da revista:
TRANSTORNOS MENTAIS
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article