Speech and language: risk factors and disorders

2019−2022

  • Frizelle, P., McKean, C., Eadie, P., Ebbels, S., Fricke, S., Justice, L., Kunnari, S., Leitao, S., Morgan, A., Munro, N., Murphy, C-A., Storkel, H. & Owen Van Horne, A. (2022). Maximising the benefits of intervention research for children and young people with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD): a call for international consensus on standards of reporting in intervention studies for children with and at risk for DLD. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13694
  • Jokihaka, S., Laasonen, M., Lahti-Nuuttila, P., Smolander, S., Kunnari, S., Arkkila, E., Pesonen, A-K. & Heinonen, K. (2022). Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between quality of parent-child interaction and language ability in pre-school-aged children with developmental language disorder. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 65, 2258–2271.
  • Lahti-Nuuttila, P., Service, E., Smolander, S., Kunnari, S., Arkkila, E. & Laasonen, M. (2021). Short-term memory for serial order moderates aspects of language in children with developmental language disorder: Findings from the HelSLI study. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.608069
  • Martikainen, A-L., Savinainen-Makkonen, T. & Kunnari, S. (2020). Speech inconsistency and its association with speech production, phonological awareness and nonword repetition skills. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics.Advance online publication https://doi.org/10.1080/ 02699206.2020.1827296
  • Martikainen, A-L., Savinainen-Makkonen, T., Laukkanen-Nevala, P., & Kunnari, S. (2019). Intra-word accuracy and consistency in Finnish-speaking children with speech sound disorder compared to their typically developing peers. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. Advance online publication https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2019.1696610
  • Smolander, S., Laasonen, M., Arkkila, E., Lahti-Nuuttila, P. & Kunnari, S. (2021). L2 vocabulary acquisition of early sequentially bilingual children with TD and DLD affected differently by exposure and age of onset. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 56, 72–89.

2015−2018

  • de Bildt, A., Sytema, S., Zander, E., Bölte, S., Sturm, H., Yirmiya, N., Yaari, M., Charman, T., Salomone, E., LeCouteur, A., Green, J., Canal, R.B., Patricia García Primo, P., van Daalen, E., de Jonge, M.V., Guðmundsdóttir, E., Jóhannsdóttir, S., Raleva, M., Boskovska, M., Rogé, B., Baduel, S., Moilanen, I., Yliherva, A., Buitelaar, J. & Oosterling. I.J. (2015). Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) Algorithms for Toddlers and Young Preschoolers: Application in a Non-US Sample of 1,104 Children. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45, 2076–2091.
  • Heikkinen, E., Ukkola, S., Leppänen, P. & Kunnari, S. (2016). Kielellinen erityisvaikeus – ei pelkästään kielellisten taitojen ongelma? [Specific language impairment – not specific to language skills]. Puhe ja kieli [Speech and Language], 36, 45–56.
  • Kovaniemi, S., Alakortes, J., Carter, A. S., Yliherva, A., Bloigu, R., Joskitt, L.O., Moilanen, I.K. & Ebeling, H.E. (2018). How are social-emotional and behavioral competences and problems at age 1 year associated with infant motor development? A general population study. Infant behavior and development, 51, 1–14.
  • Kunnari, S., Nieminen, L. & Torvelainen, P. (2016). FIN-LARSP-menetelmän soveltuvuus morfosyntaktisten taitojen arviointiin kielellisessä erityisvaikeudessa [FIN-LARSP method for assessing morphosyntactical skills in children with specific language impairment]. Puhe ja kieli [Speech and Language], 36, 3–18.
  • Laasonen, M., Smolander, S., Lahti-Nuuttila, P., Leminen, M., Lajunen, H-R., Heinonen, K., Pesonen, A-K., Bailey, T. M., ., Pothos, E. M., Kujala, T., Leppänen, P. H. T., Bartlett, C. W., Geneid, A., Lauronen, L., Service, E., Kunnari & Arkkila, E., (2018). Understanding developmental language disorder – the Helsinki longitudinal SLI study (HelSLI): a study protocol. BMC Psychology, 6:24. https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-018-0222-7
  • Mäkinen, L., Loukusa, S. & Kunnari, S. (2016). Kuvasarjakerronnan ja kielellisen työmuistin yhteys tyypillisesti kehittyneillä lapsilla ja lapsilla, joilla on kielellinen erityisvaikeus [Picture-based narratives and verbal working memory in children with typical language development and specific language impairment]. Puhe ja kieli [Speech and Language], 36, 33–44.
  • Partanen, L., Korkalainen, N., Mäkikallio, K., Olsén, P., Laukkanen-Nevala, P. & Yliherva, A. (2018). Foetal growth restriction is associated with poor reading and spelling skills at 8–10 years of age. Acta paediatrica 107, 79–85.
  • Partanen, L., Olsén, P., Mäkikallio, K., Korkalainen, N., Heikkinen, H., Heikkinen, M. & Yliherva, A. (2017). Communication profile of primary school-aged children with foetal growth restriction. – Child Language Teaching and Therapy 33 (1), 81–92.
  • Smolander, S., Kunnari, S. & Laasonen, M. (2016). Näkökulmia kielellisten taitojen arviointiin ja kielellisen vaikeuden tunnistamiseen monikielisellä lapsella [Perspectives on language assessment and language impairment in multilingual children]. Puhe ja kieli [Speech and Language], 36, 57–75.

2010−2014

  • Ervast, L. & Leppänen, P.H.T. (2010). Kielellinen erityisvaikeus [Specific language impairment]. In P. Korpilahti, O. Aaltonen,  &  M. Laine (Eds.), Kieli ja aivot [Language and Brain] (pp. 212–221). Turun yliopisto: Kognitiivisen neurotieteen tutkimuskeskus.
  • Hautala, J., Heinänen, K., & Lehtihalmes, M. (2010). The development of narrative skills in children with language impairment through an intensive small group intervention. In H. Veljeskov (ed.), Bornesprog Proceedings of the 12th Nordic Symposium on Child Language Research (pp. 68–77). Copenhagen.
  • Kunnari, S., Saaristo-Helin, K. & Savinainen-Makkonen, T. (2012). Phonological mean length of utterance in specific language impairment: a multi-case study of children acquiring Finnish. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 26, 428–444.
  • Kunnari, S., Savinainen-Makkonen, T., Leonard, L. B., Mäkinen, L. & Tolonen, A.-K. (2014). The Use of Negative Inflections by Finnish-Speaking Children with and without Specific Language Impairment. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 28, 697–708.
  • Kunnari, S., Savinainen-Makkonen, T., Leonard, L. B., Mäkinen, L., Tolonen, A.-K., Luotonen, M. & Leinonen, E. (2011). Children with specific language impairment in Finnish: The use of tense and agreement inflections. Journal of Child Language, 38, 999–1027.
  • Kunnari, S., Yliherva, A., Paavola, L. & Peltoniemi, O. M. (2012). Expressive language skills in Finnish two-year-old extremely- and very-low-birth-weight preterm children. Folia Phoniatrica & Logopeadica, 64, 5–11.
  • Leonard, L. B., Kunnari, S., Savinainen-Makkonen, T., Tolonen, A.-K., Mäkinen, L., Luotonen, M. & Leinonen, E. (2014). Noun case suffix use by children with specific language impairment: an examination of Finnish. Applied Psycholinguistics, 35, 833–854.
  • McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Bowen, C. & the International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children’s Speech. (2013). International aspirations for speech-language pathologists’ practice with multilingual children with speech sound disorder: development of a position paper. Journal of Communication Disorders, 46, 375–387.
  • St Pourcain, B., Cents, R.A.M., Whitehouse, A.J.O., Claire M.A. Haworth, C.M.A., Davis, O.S.P., O’Reilly, P.F., Roulstone, S., Wren, Y., Qi W. Ang, Qi.W., Velders, F.P., Evans, D.M., Kemp, J.P., Warrington, N.M., Miller, L., Timpson, N.J., Ring, S.M., Verhulst, F.C., Hofman, A., Rivadeneira, F., Meaburn, E.L., Price, T.S., Dale, P.S., Pillas, D., Yliherva, A., Rodriguez, A., Golding, J., Jaddoe, V.W.V., Jarvelin, M-R., Plomin, R., Pennell, C.E., Henning Tiemeier, H. & Davey Smith, G.D. (2014). Common variation near ROBO2 is associated with expressive vocabulary in infancy. Nature Communications, 5, 4831. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5831
  • Suvanto, A., Yliherva, A., & Lehtihalmes, M. (2010). Development of episodic structure of narratives in Finnish children’s pretend play: An intervention study. In I. Papathanasiou, A. Fragouli, A. Kostopoulos & N. Litinas (eds). Proceedings of the 28th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (392–397). Athens: Panhellenic Association of Logopecists and International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics.
  • Törölä, H., Lehtihalmes, M., Heikkinen, H., Olsén, P., & Yliherva, A. (2012). Early vocalisation of preterm infants with extremely low birth weight (ELBW). Part I: from birth to expansion stage. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 26, 330–344.
  • Törölä, H., Lehtihalmes, M., Heikkinen, H., Olsén, P., & Yliherva, A. (2012). Early vocalisation of preterm infants with extremely low birth weight (ELBW). Part II. From canonical babbling up to the appearance of the first word. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 26, 345–356.
  • Törölä, H., Lehtihalmes, M., Yliherva, A., & Olsén, P. (2012). Feeding skill milestones of preterm infants born with extremely low birth weight (ELBW). Infant Behavior and Development, 35, 187–194.
  • Yliherva, A. (2010). Supporting parents and teachers in managing autism: An example of an evidence-informed model for assessment and intervention. In Roddam, H., and Skeat, J. (Eds), Embedding Evidence-Based Practice in Speech and Language Therapy: InternationalExamples (pp. 168–173). London: Wiley.

2005−2009

  • Heikkinen, J., Jansson-Verkasalo, E., Toivanen, J., Suominen, K., Väyrynen, E., Moilanen, I., & Seppänen, T., (2009). Perception of basic emotions from speech prosody in adolescents with Asperger syndrome. Logopedics, Phoniatrics & Vocology, http://informahealthcare.com/doi/pdf/10.3109/14015430903311184.
  • Jansson-Verkasalo, E. (2005). Aspergerin oireyhtymä ja sosiaalinen kognitio [Asperger syndrome and social cognition]. In A-M. Korpijaakko-Huuhka, H.  Heimo, & S. Pekkala (Eds.), Kielen ja kognition suhde [The relationship between language and cognition] ( pp. 99–106). Puheen ja kielen tutkimuksen yhdistys ry:n julkaisuja 37. 
  • Jansson-Verkasalo, E.,  & Valkama, M. (2005). Hyvin pienipainoisena keskosena syntyneiden lasten kielenkehitys ja kuuloherätevasteet [Language development and auditory event-related potentials in children born preterm with very-low-birthweight]. Suomen Lääkärilehti, 49–50, 5105–5109.
  • Kuusikko,S., Haapsamo,H., Jansson-Verkasalo, E., Hurtig,T., Mattila,M-L., Ebeling,H., Jussila,K., Bölte,S.,  & Moilanen, I.(2009).Emotion Recognition in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39, 938–945.
  • Peltoniemi, O., Lano, A., Yliherva, A., Puosi, R., Lehtonen, L., Kari, Ma., Hallman, M. (2009). Two-year follow-up of a randomized trial with repeated antenatal betamathasone. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal neonatal Ed, 94, F402–F406.
  • Peltoniemi, O., Lano, A., Puosi, R., Yliherva, A., Bonsante, F., Kari, Ma., Hallman, M; Neonatal Hydrocortisone working group. (2009). Trial of early hydrocortisone: two-year follow-up. Neonatology, 95(3), 240–247.
  • Rantala, L, Yliherva, A., Haapalahti, R., Veteläinen, A. & Rahko, T. (2009). Hyvänlaatuisen asentohuimauksen hoito lukihäiriön kuntoutusmuotona satunnaistettu hoitokokeilu [The treatment manoeuvres for bening positional vertigo as a tool in intervention of dyslexia – a randomized clinical trial ]. Puhe ja kieli, 4, 183–194.
  • Rantala, L., Yliherva, A. & Rahko, T. (2007). Hyvänlaatuisen asentohuimauksen hoitokokeilun tuloksia teknisen lukemisen kuntouttamisessa – neljä tapausselostusta. [Clinical trial of the treatment manoeuvres for benign positional vertigo in treating technical reading – four case studies]. Puhe ja kieli, 2, 81–90.
  • Saalasti, S., Lepistö, T., Toppila, E., Kujala, T., Laakso, M., Nieminen-von Wendt, T., von Wendt, L., & Jansson-Verkasalo, E. (2008). Language abilities in children with Asperger syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38, 1574–1580.
  • Savinainen-Makkonen, T. & Kunnari, S., Kaarlonen, M. & Kulovesi, T. (2007). Lapsen puheen, kielen ja kommunikoinnin kehitys ja häiriöt [Speech, language and communication skills: development and disorders]. In Neuvolakäsityökirja. Helsinki: Tammi.
  • Yliherva, A., Viitaniemi, M. & Peltoniemi, O. (2008).  Keskoslapsen puheenkehitys ja vastasyntyneisyyskauden tehohoito [Speech development of a preterm child and intensive care during the neonatal period]. NMI-Bulletin, 4, 10–20.

2000−2004

  • Jansson-Verkasalo, E., Valkama, M., Pääkkö, E., Ilkko, E., Vainionpää, L.,  & Lehtihalmes, M. (2004). Language development of very low birth weight children: a follow-up study.  Folia Phoniatrica & Logopaedica, 56, 108–119.
  • Kunnari, S. & Savinainen-Makkonen, T. (2004). Dysartria [Dysartria]. In S. Kunnari & T. Savinainen-Makkonen (Eds), Mistä on pienten sanat tehty. Lasten äänteellinen kehitys [Where are the children’s words made up] (pp. 194–203). Helsinki: WSOY. 
  • Olsén, P., Yliherva, A., Pääkkö, E., Järvelin, M-R. & Tolonen, U. (2002). Brainstem auditory evoked potentials of the 8-year old preterm children in relation to their psycholinguistic abilities and MRI findings. Early Human Development, 70, 25–34. 
  • Paavola, L. (2001). Synnytyksenjälkeinen depressio ja lapsen kielellinen kehitys Kirjallisuuskatsaus. [Postnatal depression and child linguistic development. Review]. Puhe ja kieli, 21, 37–46.
  • Savinainen-Makkonen, T. & Kunnari, S. (2004a). Diagnosoinnin haasteita [The challenge in diagnosing phonological impairments]. In S. Kunnari & T. Savinainen-Makkonen (Eds), Mistä on pienten sanat tehty. Lasten äänteellinen kehitys [Where are the children’s words made up] (pp. 150–154). Helsinki: WSOY. 
  • Savinainen-Makkonen, T. & Kunnari, S. (2004b). Fonologisen järjestelmän ongelmat [Phonological disorders]. In S. Kunnari & T. Savinainen-Makkonen (Eds), Mistä on pienten sanat tehty. Lasten äänteellinen kehitys [Where are the children’s words made up] (pp. 170–177). Helsinki: WSOY. 
  • Savinainen-Makkonen, T. & Kunnari, S. (2004c). Kehityksellinen verbaali dyspraksia [Developmental verbal dyspraxia]. In S. Kunnari & T. Savinainen-Makkonen (Eds), Mistä on pienten sanat tehty. Lasten äänteellinen kehitys [Where are the children’s words made up] (pp. 178–193). Helsinki: WSOY. 
  • Savinainen-Makkonen, T. & Kunnari, S. (2004d). Äänteellisen kehityksen ongelmat sairauksien ja oireyhtymien osana [Phonological disorders in children with syndromes]. In S. Kunnari & T. Savinainen-Makkonen (Eds), Mistä on pienten sanat tehty. Lasten äänteellinen kehitys [Where are the children’s words made up] (pp. 237–254). Helsinki: WSOY.
  • Savinainen-Makkonen, T. & Kunnari, S. (2004e). Artikulaatiovirheet ja niiden kuntoutus [Articulation disorders and their intervention]. In S. Kunnari & T. Savinainen-Makkonen (Eds), Mistä on pienten sanat tehty. Lasten äänteellinen kehitys [Where are the children’s words made up] (pp. 155–169). Helsinki: WSOY.
  • Savinainen-Makkonen, T. & Kunnari, S. (2004f). Mietteitä äänteellisestä kuntoutuksesta [Thoughts about the intervention of phonological disorders]. In S. Kunnari & T. Savinainen-Makkonen (Eds), Mistä on pienten sanat tehty. Lasten äänteellinen kehitys [Where are the children’s words made up] (pp. 255–260). Helsinki: WSOY.
  • Yliherva, A. (2003). Keskosten kielellinen kehitys – kliinis-epidemiologien tutkimus [Language development of preterm children – clinico-epidemiological study]. Puhe ja kieli, 23, 2, 99–114.
  • Yliherva, A., Olsén, P. & Järvelin, M-R. (2001). Linguistic skills in relation to neurological findings at 8 years of age in children born preterm. Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 26, 66–75. 
  • Yliherva, A., Olsén, P., Mäki-Torkko, E., Koiranen, M. & Järvelin, M-R. (2001). Linguistic and motor abilities of low-birthweight children as assessed by parents and teachers at 8 years of age. Acta Paediatrica, 90, 1440–1449.
  • Yliherva, A., Olsén, P., Suvanto, A. & Järvelin, M-R. (2000). Language abilities of 8-year-old preterm children among the northern Finland 1-year birth cohort for 1985–1986. Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 25, 98–104. 

1995−1999

  • Jansson-Verkasalo, E. (1998). Varhaisen kielenkehityksen arviointi In K. Heinänen & M. Lehtihalmes (Eds.),  Kielihäiriöisen lapsen tutkiminen – testaamistako? (pp. 62–71.). Suomen Logopedis-Foniatrisen yhdistyksen julkaisuja, 30. [Assessing early language development in K. Heinänen & M. Lehtihalmes (Eds.),  Assessing language development in children with language disorders – testing?]