The development of speech in early childhood in children from twin pregnancies with twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS)

• Authors: Mariola Bidzan , Łucja Bieleninik , Małgorzata Lipowska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The aim of the study was verifying, whether speech development is conditioned by a preterm birth, multiple pregnancy or pregnancy complicated with TTTS. We examined 52 preterm children, 15 of which were born after a single pregnancy and 42 after a multiple pregnancy. 23 children came from a pregnancy complicated by TTTS. The average age of the subjects was 32.5 months (SD=5.54). The research methods used in our study were as follows: analysis of medical documentation, a structured clinical interview and psychological conversation. Speech development of a child was assessed using BSID-III. An analysis of the results we obtained showed that there was a lower level of EC in the TTTS children in comparison to multiple-birth children without TTTS and single-birth children. We also found statistically signifi cant relations between the EC scores and gender, age at the time of testing, disability, gestational age, birth weight.

Keywords

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TTTS; Speech development; BSID-III; twins; prematurity

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 9-20

Contributors

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Mariola Bidzan

• Institute of Psychology University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

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Łucja Bieleninik

• GAMUT, Uni Health, Uni Research, Bergen, Norwey

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Małgorzata Lipowska

• Institute of Psychology University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
• Ateneum – University in Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland