Children born before 32 weeks of gestation displayed impaired reading fluency, comprehension and spelling skills at 9 years of age.

Minna Heikkinen Hanna Kallankari Lea PartanenNoora KorkalainenTuula KaukolaAnneli Yliherva

Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2020)

Very low gestational age school children performed poorer in reading comprehension and spelling than term children. In addition, poor foetal growth in VLGA children was associated with literacy problems.

Keyphrases

gestational age
birth weight
preterm birth
young adults
preterm infants
mental health
healthcare
low birth weight
body mass index