to explore early language development in children at FR of dyslexia; to compare developmental language profiles in FR children and children with SLI.

Details

Informants

• baby’s, from 19 months to approximately 37 months; N ≈ 110
• toddlers; 3;2 (years; months) at the onset; about 5;0 at the last test session; N ≈ 140

Characteristics

• baby cohort: ~70 children at familial risk (FR) of dyslexia; ~40 controls
• toddler cohort: ~70 FR children, ~40 controls, ~30 children (tentatively) diagnosed with Specific Language Impairment (SLI)
• Children from both cohorts have returned to the lab at age 8 for follow-up tests: toddler cohort: n = 107; baby cohort: n = 65

Materials

• preferential listening experiment; measurement of listening times in several trials
• categorical perception experiment; tests of productive phonology (elicited naming)

Size

• raw estimate of 60 GB