TY - JOUR
T1 - Bilingual children with nonsyndromic cleft lip and/or palate : language and memory skills
AU - Young, Selena Ee-Li
AU - Purcell, Alison Anne
AU - Ballard, Kirrie Jane
AU - Liow, Susan Jane Rickard
AU - Ramos, Sara Da Silva
AU - Heard, Robert
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Purpose: Research shows that monolingual children with cleft lip and/or palate (CLP) have a higher incidence of cognitivelinguistic deficits, but it is not clear whether bilingual preschool children with CLP are especially vulnerable because they need to acquire 2 languages. We tested the hypothesis that bilingual children with CLP score lower than bilingual children with typical development (TD) on receptive vocabulary, verbal memory, and visuospatial memory. Method: Participants were 86 bilingual CLP children and 100 TD children 3-6 years of age, dominant in English or Mandarin. Each child completed assessments of English and Mandarin vocabulary, verbal and visuospatial short-term and working memory, hearing, and articulation. Results: With analysis of covariance controlling for age and dominant language, no group differences were found between the CLP and TD bilingual children, although a correlational analysis indicated discrepancies in the relationship between variables. Conclusions: The findings do not support the hypothesis that preschool children with CLP score lower than preschool children with TD on receptive vocabulary and memory measures. Longitudinal research examining literacy skill development is needed to establish whether the deficits reported for school-age monolingual children with CLP become more obvious in bilingual children in later years, especially when the medium of instruction is the child's nondominant language.
AB - Purpose: Research shows that monolingual children with cleft lip and/or palate (CLP) have a higher incidence of cognitivelinguistic deficits, but it is not clear whether bilingual preschool children with CLP are especially vulnerable because they need to acquire 2 languages. We tested the hypothesis that bilingual children with CLP score lower than bilingual children with typical development (TD) on receptive vocabulary, verbal memory, and visuospatial memory. Method: Participants were 86 bilingual CLP children and 100 TD children 3-6 years of age, dominant in English or Mandarin. Each child completed assessments of English and Mandarin vocabulary, verbal and visuospatial short-term and working memory, hearing, and articulation. Results: With analysis of covariance controlling for age and dominant language, no group differences were found between the CLP and TD bilingual children, although a correlational analysis indicated discrepancies in the relationship between variables. Conclusions: The findings do not support the hypothesis that preschool children with CLP score lower than preschool children with TD on receptive vocabulary and memory measures. Longitudinal research examining literacy skill development is needed to establish whether the deficits reported for school-age monolingual children with CLP become more obvious in bilingual children in later years, especially when the medium of instruction is the child's nondominant language.
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U2 - 10.1044/1092-4388(2012/10-0320)
DO - 10.1044/1092-4388(2012/10-0320)
M3 - Article
SN - 1558-9102
VL - 55
SP - 1314
EP - 1328
JO - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
JF - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
IS - 5
ER -