Probing the Impact of Prematurity on Segmentation Abilities in the Context of Bilingualism
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Early Phonological Acquisition in Monolingual Preterms
1.2. First Findings on Segmentation Abilities in Monolingual Preterms
1.3. The Present Study: New Segmentation Data and Extension to Bilingual Preterms
2. Method
2.1. Participants
2.2. Stimuli
2.3. Procedure, Apparatus and Design
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Neonatal History (Values Correspond to Mean, SD, and Range) | Included (N = 19) | Excluded (N = 9) | Difference (1-Tailed t-Tests) |
---|---|---|---|
Gestational age (wk) | 30.1 (3.1) range: 26–35 | 32.17 (3.7) range: 25–35 | n.s. |
EPT (<28 wks, n) | 7 | 2 | |
VPT (28 < 32) | 6 | 1 | |
MPT (32 < 34) | 2 | 1 | |
LPT (34 < 37) | 4 | 5 | |
Birth weight (g) | 1.359 (454) range: 670–2420 | 1.605 (603) range: 780–2300 | n.s. |
Preterm | Full-Term | |||
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(N = 19) | (N = 24) | |||
Language | Balanced | French-Dominant | Balanced | French-Dominant |
(n) | (n) | (n) | (n) | |
Arabic | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
Azerbaijani | 1 | |||
Bambara | 1 | |||
Bulgarian | 1 | |||
Creole (French Guyana) | 2 | |||
Italian | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Japanese | 1 | |||
Kasshonke (Mali) | 1 | |||
Korean | 1 | |||
Koyaka (Ivory Coast) | 1 | |||
Loma (Guinea) | 1 | |||
Malagasy (Madagascar) | 1 | |||
Mandarin Chinese | 1 | 1 | ||
Persian | 1 | |||
Polish | 1 | |||
Portuguese | 1 | 1 | ||
Romanian | 2 | |||
Russian | 1 | 2 | ||
Slovak | 1 | |||
Soninke | 1 | |||
Spanish | 1 |
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Berdasco-Muñoz, E.; Biran, V.; Nazzi, T. Probing the Impact of Prematurity on Segmentation Abilities in the Context of Bilingualism. Brain Sci. 2023, 13, 568. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13040568
Berdasco-Muñoz E, Biran V, Nazzi T. Probing the Impact of Prematurity on Segmentation Abilities in the Context of Bilingualism. Brain Sciences. 2023; 13(4):568. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13040568
Chicago/Turabian StyleBerdasco-Muñoz, Elena, Valérie Biran, and Thierry Nazzi. 2023. "Probing the Impact of Prematurity on Segmentation Abilities in the Context of Bilingualism" Brain Sciences 13, no. 4: 568. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13040568
APA StyleBerdasco-Muñoz, E., Biran, V., & Nazzi, T. (2023). Probing the Impact of Prematurity on Segmentation Abilities in the Context of Bilingualism. Brain Sciences, 13(4), 568. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13040568