McEvoy S, Dodd B
Department of Speech and Hearing, University of Queensland, Australia.
Eur J Disord Commun. 1992;27(1):73-87. doi: 10.3109/13682829209012030.
The speech and language abilities of pre-school multiple-birth children (MBC) are often reported to be impaired. In this study, teh syntactic, semantic, pragmatic, articulation and phonological skills of 19 sets of MBC were assessed. The comparisons made were between MBC and matched singleton controls, between siblings within multiple-birth sets, and for each multiple-birth child with different conversational partners (sibling versus speech and language therapist). The results indicated that the MBC performed more poorly than the singleton controls on measures of syntax and phonology. Whilst there were quantitative and qualitative similarities between siblings' linguistic abilities, their phonologies were not identical, and the MBC's speech and language changed with different conversational partners. The implications of the results for the existence of 'twin language', choice of language sample for assessment of functional communication and the need for preventive intervention programmes are discussed.
据报道，学龄前多胞胎儿童（MBC）的言语和语言能力往往受损。在本研究中，对19组MBC的句法、语义、语用、发音和音系技能进行了评估。比较对象包括MBC与匹配的单胞胎对照组、多胞胎组内的兄弟姐妹，以及每个多胞胎儿童与不同对话伙伴（兄弟姐妹与言语和语言治疗师）之间的情况。结果表明，在句法和音系测量方面，MBC的表现比单胞胎对照组更差。虽然兄弟姐妹的语言能力在数量和质量上有相似之处，但他们的音系并不相同，而且MBC的言语和语言会因对话伙伴的不同而变化。文中讨论了这些结果对 “双胞胎语言” 的存在、评估功能性沟通的语言样本选择以及预防性干预计划需求的影响。
