Authors:
Whitehouse AJO, Robinson M, Zubrick SR
Authors notes:
Pediatrics. 2011 Aug;128(2):e324-32. Epub 2011 Jul 4
Keywords:
late-talking, risk, behavioural, emotional problems, childhood, adolescence
Abstract:
Although many toddlers with expressive vocabulary delay ("late talkers") present with age-appropriate language skills by the time they are of school age, little is known about their broader behavioral and emotional profile. The aim of this study was to determine whether late talkers are at increased risk for behavioral and emotional problems during childhood and adolescence.
Media release: Most late-talking toddlers turn out ok (4 July, 2011)