ABSTRACT
Introduction
Preterm birth causes problems that are not restricted to perinatal mortality. Some premature, even in the absence of brain damage, have negative effects on various aspects of development, such as language difficulties.
Objective
This study aimed to verify the linguistic performance of preterm children at 2 years old, considering the chronological age and corrected age.
Methods
The study included 23 preterm children and applied the Test of Early Language Development- TELD-3 to assess the language skills.
Results
The premature children showed the linguistic performance alterations in Teld-3 in 39.13% of cases. They were also analyzed considering the delay to the chronological and corrected ages and there was no difference in performance for both receptive subtests (p = 0.250) and significant (p = 1.000).
Conclusion
The group of premature children at 2 years is a population at risk for language disorders that cannot be compensated with age correction.
Keywords:
Child Language; Language Development; Language Development Disorders; Premature