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Absent or delayed speech development

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478241
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C3276611
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Speech and Language Delay in Children.
Rupert J, Hughes P, Schoenherr D
Am Fam Physician 2023 Aug;108(2):181-188. PMID: 37590860
How We Fail Children With Developmental Language Disorder.
McGregor KK
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 2020 Oct 2;51(4):981-992. Epub 2020 Aug 5 doi: 10.1044/2020_LSHSS-20-00003. PMID: 32755505Free PMC Article
Evidence-based pathways to intervention for children with language disorders.
Ebbels SH, McCartney E, Slonims V, Dockrell JE, Norbury CF
Int J Lang Commun Disord 2019 Jan;54(1):3-19. Epub 2018 Apr 25 doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12387. PMID: 29696726
Metacognitive Strategies.
Schiff R, Nuri Ben-Shushan Y, Ben-Artzi E
J Learn Disabil 2017 Mar/Apr;50(2):143-157. Epub 2016 Aug 4 doi: 10.1177/0022219415589847. PMID: 26054726
The effectiveness of parent-implemented language interventions: a meta-analysis.
Roberts MY, Kaiser AP
Am J Speech Lang Pathol 2011 Aug;20(3):180-99. Epub 2011 Apr 8 doi: 10.1044/1058-0360(2011/10-0055). PMID: 21478280

Diagnosis

Speech and Language Delay in Children.
Rupert J, Hughes P, Schoenherr D
Am Fam Physician 2023 Aug;108(2):181-188. PMID: 37590860
Late Language Emergence: A literature review.
Nouraey P, Ayatollahi MA, Moghadas M
Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J 2021 May;21(2):e182-e190. Epub 2021 Jun 21 doi: 10.18295/squmj.2021.21.02.005. PMID: 34221464Free PMC Article
How We Fail Children With Developmental Language Disorder.
McGregor KK
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 2020 Oct 2;51(4):981-992. Epub 2020 Aug 5 doi: 10.1044/2020_LSHSS-20-00003. PMID: 32755505Free PMC Article
A Review of Language, Executive Function, and Intervention in Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Friedman L, Sterling A
Semin Speech Lang 2019 Aug;40(4):291-304. Epub 2019 Jul 16 doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1692964. PMID: 31311054Free PMC Article
Management of developmental speech and language disorders: Part 1.
O'Hare A, Bremner L
Arch Dis Child 2016 Mar;101(3):272-7. Epub 2015 Jul 24 doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307394. PMID: 26208514

Therapy

PROMPT intervention for children with severe speech motor delay: a randomized control trial.
Namasivayam AK, Huynh A, Granata F, Law V, van Lieshout P
Pediatr Res 2021 Feb;89(3):613-621. Epub 2020 May 1 doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-0924-4. PMID: 32357364Free PMC Article
Association of Parent Training With Child Language Development: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Roberts MY, Curtis PR, Sone BJ, Hampton LH
JAMA Pediatr 2019 Jul 1;173(7):671-680. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.1197. PMID: 31107508Free PMC Article
Communication interventions for autism spectrum disorder in minimally verbal children.
Brignell A, Chenausky KV, Song H, Zhu J, Suo C, Morgan AT
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2018 Nov 5;11(11):CD012324. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012324.pub2. PMID: 30395694Free PMC Article
The effectiveness of parent-implemented language interventions: a meta-analysis.
Roberts MY, Kaiser AP
Am J Speech Lang Pathol 2011 Aug;20(3):180-99. Epub 2011 Apr 8 doi: 10.1044/1058-0360(2011/10-0055). PMID: 21478280
Speech and language therapy interventions for children with primary speech and language delay or disorder.
Law J, Garrett Z, Nye C
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2003;2003(3):CD004110. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004110. PMID: 12918003Free PMC Article

Prognosis

PROMPT intervention for children with severe speech motor delay: a randomized control trial.
Namasivayam AK, Huynh A, Granata F, Law V, van Lieshout P
Pediatr Res 2021 Feb;89(3):613-621. Epub 2020 May 1 doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-0924-4. PMID: 32357364Free PMC Article
Phase 2 of CATALISE: a multinational and multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study of problems with language development: Terminology.
Bishop DVM, Snowling MJ, Thompson PA, Greenhalgh T; and the CATALISE-2 consortium
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2017 Oct;58(10):1068-1080. Epub 2017 Mar 30 doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12721. PMID: 28369935Free PMC Article
Gesture development: a review for clinical and research practices.
Capone NC, McGregor KK
J Speech Lang Hear Res 2004 Feb;47(1):173-86. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2004/015). PMID: 15072537
Prevalence and natural history of primary speech and language delay: findings from a systematic review of the literature.
Law J, Boyle J, Harris F, Harkness A, Nye C
Int J Lang Commun Disord 2000 Apr-Jun;35(2):165-88. doi: 10.1080/136828200247133. PMID: 10912250
Angelman syndrome: clinical profile.
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Clinical prediction guides

Speech and Language Delay in Children.
Rupert J, Hughes P, Schoenherr D
Am Fam Physician 2023 Aug;108(2):181-188. PMID: 37590860
A Systematic Review of the Use of LENA Technology.
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What Factors Influence Language Impairment? Considering Resilience as well as Risk.
Conti-Ramsden G, Durkin K
Folia Phoniatr Logop 2015;67(6):293-9. Epub 2016 May 3 doi: 10.1159/000444750. PMID: 27160319Free PMC Article
The effectiveness of parent-implemented language interventions: a meta-analysis.
Roberts MY, Kaiser AP
Am J Speech Lang Pathol 2011 Aug;20(3):180-99. Epub 2011 Apr 8 doi: 10.1044/1058-0360(2011/10-0055). PMID: 21478280
Early communication development and intervention for children with autism.
Landa R
Ment Retard Dev Disabil Res Rev 2007;13(1):16-25. doi: 10.1002/mrdd.20134. PMID: 17326115

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Interventions for childhood apraxia of speech.
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Speech and language therapy interventions for children with primary speech and language delay or disorder.
Law J, Garrett Z, Nye C
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2003;2003(3):CD004110. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004110. PMID: 12918003Free PMC Article

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