title: Adolescent outcomes of children with early speech sound disorders with and without language impairment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In this study, the authors determined adolescent speech, language, and literacy outcomes of individuals with histories of early childhood speech sound disorders (SSD) with and without comorbid language impairment (LI) and examined factors associated with these outcomes.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study used a prospective longitudinal design. Participants with SSD (n = 170), enrolled at early childhood (4-6 years) were followed at adolescence (11-18 years) and were compared to individuals with no histories of speech or language impairment (no SSD; n = 146) on measures of speech, language, and literacy. Comparisons were made between adolescents with early childhood histories of no SSD, SSD only, and SSD plus LI as well as between adolescents with no SSD, resolved SSD, and persistent SSD.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Individuals with early childhood SSD with comorbid LI had poorer outcomes than those with histories of SSD only or no SSD. Poorer language and literacy outcomes in adolescence were associated with multiple factors, including persistent speech sound problems, lower nonverbal intelligence, and lower socioeconomic status. Adolescents with persistent SSD had higher rates of comorbid LI and reading disability than the no SSD and resolved SSD groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Risk factors for language and literacy problems in adolescence include an early history of LI, persistent SSD, lower nonverbal cognitive ability, and social disadvantage.
authors.forename: Barbara A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Freebairn
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tag
authors.forename: Allison A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ciesla
authors.forename: Sudha K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Iyengar
authors.forename: Catherine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: H Gerry
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D007808:Language Therapy; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D066229:Speech Sound Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013070:Speech Therapy