Bibbi Hagberg

ADHD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder CHS child health services CI confidence interval DLD developmental language disorder ICD-10 international statistical classification of diseases and related health problems—tenth revision OR odds ratio SLI specific language impairment SLP speech and language pathologist There are few follow-up studies of life outcomes in early adulthood regarding children identified as having early suspected developmental language disorder (DLD).

ABSTRACT Little is known about the developmental trajectories in children who do not use canonical babbling (CB) at 10 months. The aim was to examine how speech, language, cognitive and motor abilities developed in children without CB. For 15 children identified as not having CB, consonant production, expressive vocabulary and general development were assessed at 12, 18 and 36 months from audio–video recordings. Twelve (79%) children still lacked CB at 12 months.