Language and learning in boys with fragile X syndrome: Syntactic processing and the role of phonological memory

ST Kover - 2012 - search.proquest.com
Fragile X syndrome is the leading inherited cause of intellectual disability. Most boys with
fragile X syndrome have impaired cognition and language deficits, with significant within …

Contributions of phonological and verbal working memory to language development in adolescents with fragile X syndrome

EI Pierpont, EK Richmond, L Abbeduto… - Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common inherited cause of intellectual disability.
Although language delays are frequently observed in FXS, neither the longitudinal course of …

Growth of expressive syntax in children with fragile X syndrome

R Komesidou, NC Brady, K Fleming, A Esplund… - Journal of Speech …, 2017 - ASHA
Purpose This research explored syntactic growth in children with fragile X syndrome (FXS)
over a 5-year period, and variability in growth in relation to autism symptoms, nonverbal …

Language comprehension profiles of young adolescents with fragile X syndrome

A Oakes, ST Kover, L Abbeduto - 2013 - ASHA
Purpose In this study, the authors sought to characterize the language phenotype of fragile X
syndrome (FXS), focusing on the extent of impairment in receptive syntax, within-syndrome …

A pilot quantitative evaluation of early life language development in fragile X syndrome

DL Reisinger, RC Shaffer, EV Pedapati, KC Dominick… - Brain sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Language delay and communication deficits are a core characteristic of the fragile X
syndrome (FXS) phenotype. To date, the literature examining early language development …

Cognitive, environmental, and linguistic predictors of syntax in fragile X syndrome and Down syndrome

B Estigarribia, GE Martin, JE Roberts - 2012 - ASHA
Purpose To examine which cognitive, environmental, and speech-language variables
predict expressive syntax in boys with fragile X syndrome (FXS), boys with Down syndrome …

Expressive language during conversational speech in boys with fragile X syndrome

JE Roberts, EA Hennon, JR Price… - … Journal on Mental …, 2007 - meridian.allenpress.com
We compared the expressive syntax and vocabulary skills of 35 boys with fragile X
syndrome and 27 younger typically developing boys who were at similar nonverbal mental …

Syntactic ability of girls with fragile X syndrome: phonological memory and discourse demands on complex sentence use

ST Kover, L Abbeduto - American journal on intellectual …, 2019 - meridian.allenpress.com
This study was designed to establish the extent of delay in complex sentence use by
females with fragile X syndrome (FXS) and to identify sources of variability among …

Expressive morphosyntax in boys with fragile X syndrome with and without autism spectrum disorder

B Estigarribia, J Erwick Roberts, J Sideris… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common inherited cause of intellectual
disability, and the most common single gene disorder associated with autism. Language …

Early predictors of later expressive language in boys with fragile X syndrome

H Fielding-Gebhardt, SF Warren - American Journal on …, 2019 - meridian.allenpress.com
The predictive ability of early consonant inventory and intentional communication on later
expressive language was examined in 36 boys with fragile X syndrome (FXS). Autism …