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Sex-specific associations between umbilical cord blood testosterone levels and language delay in early childhoodPreliminary evidence suggests that prenatal testosterone exposure may be associated with language delay.
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Children's language development 0-9 years. In Growing up in Australia:Language development is one of the most important developmental accomplishments of early childhood and is the foundation for literacy, educational...
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Duration of breast-feeding and language ability to middle childhoodThere is controversy over whether increased breast-feeding duration has long-term benefits for language development.
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Language outcomes of 7-year-old children with or without a history of late language emergence at 24 monthsThe aim of this study was to investigate the language outcomes of 7-year-old children with and without a history of late language emergence at 24 months.
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Inner speech impairment in children with autism is associated with greater nonverbal than verbal skillsWe present a new analysis of Whitehouse, Maybery, and Durkin's (2006, Experiment 3) data on inner speech in children with autism (CWA).

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Parent–child book reading across early childhood and child vocabulary in the early school yearsThe current study investigated the extent to which low levels of joint attention in infancy and parent-child book reading across early childhood increase the...
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Joint attention and parent-child book readingGood language development is an integral component of school readiness and academic achievement.
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Robustness, risk and responsivity in early language acquisitionLanguage is a robust developmental phenomenon, characterised by rapid and prodigious growth.