IALP 2025

Associations Between Language Development at 2 Years and Reading Comprehension at 11 in Children Born Very Preterm – a Longitudinal Cohort Study

Eveliina Joensuu 1 PhD Petriina Munck 2 PhD Anna Nyman 3 Dr. Helena Lapinleimu 4 Prof. Leena Haataja 5
1Faculty of Medicine, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Helisnki, Finland
2Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Finland
3Department of Psychology, University of Turku, Finland
4Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland
5Department of Pediatric Neurology, Children’s Hospital, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland

Children born very preterm (VP,

References

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