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In infants’ hands: Identification of preverbal infants at risk for Primary Language Delay

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Lüke, Carina, Grimminger, Angela, Rohlfing, Katharina J, Liszkowski, Ulf, Ritterfeld, Ute·2017·Child Development
DOI 10.1111/cdev.12610
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Early identification of primary language delay is crucial to implement effective prevention programs. Available screening instruments are based on parents' reports and have only insufficient predictive validity. This study employed observational measures of preverbal infants' gestural communication to test its predictive validity for identifying later language delays. Pointing behavior of fifty-nine 12-month-old infants was analyzed and related to their language skills 1 year later. Results confirm predictive validity of preverbal communication for language skills with the hand shape of pointing being superior compared to the underlying motives for pointing (imperative vs. declarative). Twelve-month-olds who pointed only with their open hand but never with their index finger were at risk for primary language delay at 2 years of age.

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  • Absence of pointing at 12 months with one finger can be considered a predictor of primary language delay in children.

    “while its absence can be considered as a predictor of primary language delay in children.”

    From Developmental Language Disorder: Early Predictors, Age for the Diagnosis, and Diagnostic Tools. A Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [79]

  • Pointing at 12 months with one finger and not with the whole hand may predict good development of receptive and expressive language at 2 years.

    “Lüke et al. 2017 [79] suggested that pointing at 12 months with one finger and not with the whole hand may predict a good development of receptive and expressive language at 2 years”

    From Developmental Language Disorder: Early Predictors, Age for the Diagnosis, and Diagnostic Tools. A Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [79]

  • The following age ranges have been identified for assessment of potential predictors of DLD: communicative gestures between 12 and 30 months; communication and receptive lexical skills between 15 and 30 months; expressive lexical skills between 15 and 32 months; syntactic comprehension from 28 months onward; word combination from 30 months onward; non-word repetition from 32 months onward; and Exp

    “The following age ranges have been identified: (a) use of communicative gestures between 12 and 30 months [75,79,80,81,86]; (b) communication and receptive lexical skills between 15 and 30 months [75,82,83,86]; (c) expressive lexical skills between 15 and 32 months [75,76,82,83,86,87]; (d) syntactic comprehension from 28 months onward [88]; (f) word combination from 30 months onward [89]; (g) non”

    From Developmental Language Disorder: Early Predictors, Age for the Diagnosis, and Diagnostic Tools. A Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [79]

  • Some investigations on predictors of persistent language delay were general population studies, while others referred to late talkers or children at risk of language delay.

    “Additionally, some of the investigations on the predictors of persistent language delay were general population studies (e.g., [75]), while others referred to late talkers (e.g., [72,86,88]) or children at risk of language delay (e.g., [79,80,81]).”

    From Developmental Language Disorder: Early Predictors, Age for the Diagnosis, and Diagnostic Tools. A Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [79]

  • Some early predictors (communicative gestures, communicative skills, receptive and productive vocabulary size, nonverbal cognitive abilities) can be easily observed regardless of the language of the children.

    “Some of the early predictors (i.e., communicative gestures [75,79,80,81,86]; communicative skills [75,82,83,86]; receptive and productive vocabulary size [67,73,75,76,82,83,85,86,87]; nonverbal cognitive abilities [73]) can be easily observed regardless of the language of the children.”

    From Developmental Language Disorder: Early Predictors, Age for the Diagnosis, and Diagnostic Tools. A Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [79]

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Authors
Lüke, C., Grimminger, A., Rohlfing, K. J., Liszkowski, U., & Ritterfeld, U.
Affiliations
  • TU Dortmund University (DE)
  • Bielefeld University (DE)
  • Universität Hamburg (DE)
Corresponding author
Lüke, Carina
ORCID
Venue
Child Development
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2017-03-01
Volume
88
Issue
2
Pages
484-492
ISSN
  • 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-8624
DOI
10.1111/cdev.12610
OpenAlex
W2511101639
Cited by
100
References
39
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 37 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2
FWCI
32.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
Locations
  • Child Development (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Publikationen an der Universität Bielefeld (Universität Bielefeld) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (RI 898/6-1, RO 2443/3-1, LI 1989/2-1, RI 898/6‐1, RO 2443/3‐1, LI 1989/2‐1)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Hearing Impairment and Communication
Keywords
preverbal infants, gestural communication, pointing behavior, hand shape, predictive validity, early detection, language screening, infant language development
MeSH terms
Child, Preschool, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Gestures, Humans, Infant, Language Development, Language Development Disorders, Male

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