A Meta-Analysis of Language Ability in Maltreated Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 79-97
Author(s):  
Siyeon Seong ◽  
Young Tae Kim
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Maltreated Children

Emotion Reactivity and Regulation in Maltreated Children: A Meta‐Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 90 (5) ◽  
pp. 1503-1524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Lavi ◽  
Lynn Fainsilber Katz ◽  
Emily J. Ozer ◽  
James J. Gross
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Emotion Reactivity ◽  
Maltreated Children

A Meta-Analysis of Cross Sectional Studies Investigating Language in Maltreated Children

2015 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 961-976 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarrad A. G. Lum ◽  
Martine Powell ◽  
Lydia Timms ◽  
Pamela Snow
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Maltreated Children ◽  
Cross Sectional Studies

Language Ability and False-belief: A Meta-analysis on Children Aged 3~6 in China

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 911
Author(s):  
Jing ZHOU ◽  
Fang YU ◽  
Liping GUO
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
False Belief

The effect of relationship-based interventions for maltreated children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Hans Bugge Bergsund ◽  
Filip Drozd ◽  
Kåre S. Olafsen ◽  
Karianne Hammerstrøm Nilsen ◽  
Siv Linnerud ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Maltreated Children

Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Patients With Poststroke Aphasia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Its Effect Upon Communication

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (11) ◽  
pp. 3801-3815
Author(s):  
Liqun Yao ◽  
Hongjia Zhao ◽  
Cuiling Shen ◽  
Fang Liu ◽  
Li Qiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Quality ◽  
Magnetic Stimulation ◽  
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Language Performance ◽  
Randomized Controlled

Objective The aim of the study was to investigate the effectiveness and safety of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (LF-rTMS) in patients with poststroke aphasia. Method We comprehensively searched for eligible studies from 11 electronic medical databases from their inception to February 20, 2019. Randomized controlled trials reporting the effectiveness of LF-rTMS for patients with poststroke aphasia were included. The primary outcome was language ability. The secondary outcomes were functional communication and adverse events. The methodological quality of the randomized controlled trials was evaluated by the Cochrane Back Review Group Risk of Bias Assessment Criteria. Results Of the 567 records retrieved, 18 studies with a total of 536 participants were included. All the included studies were of relatively acceptable methodological quality. All studies but one used LF-rTMS + speech and language therapy (SLT), not LF-rTMS alone. The meta-analysis showed that LF-rTMS had beneficial effects for patients with aphasia after a stroke in terms of naming, repetition, comprehension, written language, and functional communication. The subgroup analyses of language performance showed positive effects of LF-rTMS among stroke patients with chronic aphasia and acute aphasia. LF-rTMS + SLT had effects on language performance that were superior to the sham rTMS + SLT and SLT alone. A shorter LF-rTMS duration benefited language performance more than a longer duration. Additionally, 20 min of LF-rTMS per session produced a positive effect on language ability for patients with aphasia after a stroke. No adverse events were reported. Conclusions LF-rTMS + SLT is an effective and safe method for patients with poststroke aphasia to improve their language performance. Additionally, the most commonly used LF-rTMS protocol for patients with aphasia after a stroke was 90% of the resting motor threshold 20 min per day, 5 days per week, for 2 weeks.

scholarly journals A Meta-analysis of Language Abilities and Executive Function for Children with Cochlear Implants

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 278-290
Author(s):  
Yoonhee Yang ◽  
Dongsun Yim
Keyword(s):  
Executive Function ◽  
Cochlear Implants ◽  
Spatial Organization ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Language Abilities ◽  
Sequential Processing ◽  
Memory Inhibition ◽  
History Of

The purpose of this study was to identify the differences in language ability and executive functions of children with cochlear implants (CI) and their peer normal hearing (NH) children, and to find out whether the auditory history (duration of CI use, age at implantation) of CI group plays a role as a moderator in controlling the effect size of the differences of the CI and NH groups. A total of 77 articles were searched, 11 studies which met the inclusive and exclusive criteria were selected from three electronic databases (Academic Search Complete, PsycInfo, PubMed). As a result, significant differences were identified in language ability and the five executive function subtypes (working memory, inhibition, shifting, emotion control, and sustained sequential processing) between two groups. But, the hearing history of CI group (duration of CI use, age at implantation) did not appear as a significant moderator. In conclusion, CI children’s language ability and executive function should be precisely monitored and regularly evaluated. In addition, we discussed the possibility that some executive function abilities (plan/organize, attention, and visuo-spatial organization) will remain in CI group. For the follow-up study, we need to identify various factors that support the CI children.

scholarly journals Predictors of Poststroke Aphasia Recovery

Stroke ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Myzoon Ali ◽  
Kathryn VandenBerg ◽  
Linda J. Williams ◽  
Louise R. Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Spontaneous Speech ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Speech Communication ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Auditory Comprehension ◽  
Boston Naming Test ◽  
Token Test ◽  
Test Points ◽  
Naming Test

Background and Purpose: The factors associated with recovery of language domains after stroke remain uncertain. We described recovery of overall-language-ability, auditory comprehension, naming, and functional-communication across participants’ age, sex, and aphasia chronicity in a large, multilingual, international aphasia dataset. Methods: Individual participant data meta-analysis of systematically sourced aphasia datasets described overall-language ability using the Western Aphasia Battery Aphasia-Quotient; auditory comprehension by Aachen Aphasia Test (AAT) Token Test; naming by Boston Naming Test and functional-communication by AAT Spontaneous-Speech Communication subscale. Multivariable analyses regressed absolute score-changes from baseline across language domains onto covariates identified a priori in randomized controlled trials and all study types. Change-from-baseline scores were presented as estimates of means and 95% CIs. Heterogeneity was described using relative variance. Risk of bias was considered at dataset and meta-analysis level. Results: Assessments at baseline (median=43.6 weeks poststroke; interquartile range [4–165.1]) and first-follow-up (median=10 weeks from baseline; interquartile range [3–26]) were available for n=943 on overall-language ability, n=1056 on auditory comprehension, n=791 on naming and n=974 on functional-communication. Younger age (<55 years, +15.4 Western Aphasia Battery Aphasia-Quotient points [CI, 10.0–20.9], +6.1 correct on AAT Token Test [CI, 3.2–8.9]; +9.3 Boston Naming Test points [CI, 4.7–13.9]; +0.8 AAT Spontaneous-Speech Communication subscale points [CI, 0.5–1.0]) and enrollment <1 month post-onset (+19.1 Western Aphasia Battery Aphasia-Quotient points [CI, 13.9–24.4]; +5.3 correct on AAT Token Test [CI, 1.7–8.8]; +11.1 Boston Naming Test points [CI, 5.7–16.5]; and +1.1 AAT Spontaneous-Speech Communication subscale point [CI, 0.7–1.4]) conferred the greatest absolute change-from-baseline across each language domain. Improvements in language scores from baseline diminished with increasing age and aphasia chronicity. Data exhibited no significant statistical heterogeneity. Risk-of-bias was low to moderate-low. Conclusions: Earlier intervention for poststroke aphasia as crucial to maximize language recovery across a range of language domains, although recovery continued to be observed to a lesser extent beyond 6 months poststroke.

scholarly journals Gender Differences in Children’s Language: A Meta-Analysis of Slovenian Studies

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-111
Author(s):  
Ljubica Marjanovič-Umek ◽  
Urška Fekonja-Peklaj
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Effect Size ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Metalinguistic Awareness ◽  
Child Gender ◽  
Arithmetic Means ◽  
Language Outcome ◽  
Mean Length Of Utterance

Child gender has been proved to affect toddlers’/children’s language development in several studies, but its effect was not found to be stable across different ages or various aspects of language ability. The effect of gender on toddler’s, children’s and adolescents’ language ability was examined in the present meta-analysis of ten Slovenian studies (nine cross-sectionalstudies and one longitudinal study). The ten studies were published between 2004 and 2016 and included a total of 3,657 toddlers, children and adolescents, aged from 8 months to 15 years. The language outcome measures refer to different aspects of language ability, including vocabulary, mean length of utterance, sentence complexity, language expression andcomprehension, storytelling ability and metalinguistic awareness. Across the studies, language ability was assessed using different approaches and instruments, most of which were standardised on samples of Slovenianspeaking children. Based on the reported arithmetic means and standard deviations, the effect sizes of gender for each of the included studies werecalculated, as well as the average effect size of gender across the different studies. The findings of the meta-analysis showed that the effect size of gender on  toddlers’/children’s/adolescents’ language largely depended on  their age and the aspect of language measured. The effect sizes increased with children’s increasing age. All significant effects proved to be in favour of girls. The findings were interpreted in relation to the characteristics of language development and social cultural factors that can contribute togender differences in language ability. 

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