PMID- 27816220
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170615
LR  - 20181113
IS  - 1097-6833 (Electronic)
IS  - 0022-3476 (Print)
IS  - 0022-3476 (Linking)
VI  - 180
DP  - 2017 Jan
TI  - Using Eye Movements to Assess Language Comprehension in Toddlers Born Preterm and 
      Full Term.
PG  - 124-129
LID - S0022-3476(16)31061-7 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.10.004 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To assess language skills in children born preterm and full term by 
      the use of a standardized language test and eye-tracking methods. STUDY DESIGN: 
      Children born </=32 weeks' gestation (n = 44) were matched on sex and socioeconomic 
      status to children born full term (n = 44) and studied longitudinally. The Bayley 
      Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Third Edition (BSID-III) were 
      administered at 18 months (corrected for prematurity as applicable). The 
      Looking-While-Listening Task (LWL) simultaneously presents 2 pictures and an 
      auditory stimulus that directs the child's attention to one image. The pattern of 
      eye movements reflects visual processing and the efficiency of language 
      comprehension. Children born preterm were evaluated on LWL 3 times between 18 and 
      24 months. Children born full term were evaluated at ages corresponding to 
      chronological and corrected ages of their preterm match. Results were compared 
      between groups for the BSID-III and 2 LWL measures: accuracy (proportion of time 
      looking at target) and reaction time (latency to shift gaze from distracter to 
      target). RESULTS: Children born preterm had lower BSID-III scores than children 
      born full term. Children born preterm had poorer performance than children born 
      full term on LWL measures for chronological age but similar performance for 
      corrected age. Accuracy and reaction time at 18 months' corrected age displaced 
      preterm-full term group membership as significant predictors of BSID-III scores. 
      CONCLUSIONS: Performance and rate of change on language comprehension measures 
      were similar in children born preterm and full term compared at corrected age. 
      Individual variation in language comprehension efficiency was a robust predictor 
      of scores on a standardized language assessment in both groups.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Loi, Elizabeth C
AU  - Loi EC
AD  - Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, 
      Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA.
FAU - Marchman, Virginia A
AU  - Marchman VA
AD  - Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
FAU - Fernald, Anne
AU  - Fernald A
AD  - Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
FAU - Feldman, Heidi M
AU  - Feldman HM
AD  - Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, 
      Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA. Electronic address: 
      hfeldman@stanford.edu.
LA  - eng
GR  - R01 HD069150/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
DEP - 20161103
PL  - United States
TA  - J Pediatr
JT  - The Journal of pediatrics
JID - 0375410
SB  - IM
MH  - Comprehension/*physiology
MH  - *Eye Movements
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Infant, Premature
MH  - *Language
MH  - Longitudinal Studies
MH  - Male
MH  - Term Birth
PMC - PMC5183474
MID - NIHMS827936
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Bayley Scales
OT  - language development
OT  - premature
OT  - processing efficiency
OT  - reaction time
COIS- The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2016/11/07 06:00
MHDA- 2017/06/16 06:00
PMCR- 2018/01/01
CRDT- 2016/11/07 06:00
PHST- 2016/03/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/09/02 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/10/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/11/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/06/16 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/11/07 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S0022-3476(16)31061-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.10.004 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Pediatr. 2017 Jan;180:124-129. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.10.004. Epub 2016 Nov 
      3.