Medico-Biological Factors of Speech and Language Development in Young Children (Part 1)

The article analyzed the main results of medico-biological directions in the study of the factors of children's speech and language. It shows that a variety of pre-, peri-and neonatal developmental factors (teratogenic effects, prematurity, low birth weight, maternal diseases during pregnancy, and chronic diseases of the child) had a negative impact on the child-parent relationship that has a lasting influence on child speech and language development.

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