Children's history of speech-language difficulties: genetic influences and associations with reading-related measures.

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Laura Segebart DeThorne,Sara A Hart,Stephen A Petrill,Kirby Deater-Deckard,Lee Anne Thompson,Chris Schatschneider,Megan Dunn Davison,

PURPOSE: This study examined (a) the extent of genetic and environmental influences on children's articulation and language difficulties and (b) the phenotypic associations between such difficulties and direct assessments of reading-related skills during early school-age years. METHOD: Behavioral genetic analyses focused on parent-report data regarding the speech-language skills of 248 twin pairs (M = 6.08 years) from the Western Reserve Reading Project. In addition, phenotypic associations between children's speech-language status and direct assessments of early reading-related abilities were examined through hierarchical linear modeling (HLM). RESULTS: Probandwise concordance rates and intraclass tetrachoric correlations indicated high heritability for children's difficulties in expressive language and articulation, with estimates of .54 and .97 accordingly. HLM results indicated that children with histories of speech-language difficulties scored significantly lower than unaffected children on various measures of early reading-related abilities. CONCLUSIONS: Results from the parent-report survey provided converging evidence of genetic effects on children's speech and language difficulties and suggest that children with a history of speech-language difficulties are at risk for lower performance on early reading-related measures. The extent of risk differed across measures and appeared greatest for children who demonstrated a history of difficulties across articulation, expressive language, and receptive language. Implications for future genetic research and clinical practice are discussed.

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LS DeThorne,SA Hart,SA Petrill,K Deater-Deckard,LA Thompson,C Schatschneider,MD Davison,

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Children's history of speech-language difficulties: genetic influences and associations with reading-related measures. Journal Published:

PUBLICATION TYPE: Twin Study

Journal: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research

VOLUME: 49

Page Numbers: 1280-93

Journal Abbreviation: J. Speech Lang. Hear. Res.

ISSN: 1092-4388

DAY: 3

MONTH: Dec

YEAR: 2006

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KEYWORDS: Twins

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AFFILIATION: Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61820, USA. lauras@uiuc.edu

Country: United States

AGENCY: United States NICHD

GRANT: HD46167

ACRONYM: HD

MEDLINETA: J Speech Lang Hear Res

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