Early Perception of Intonation in Down Syndrome: Implications for Language Intervention

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Publicado en:European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education vol. 15, no. 10 (2025), p. 194-209
Autor principal: Severino Cátia
Otros Autores: Vigário Marina, Frota Sónia
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520 3 |a Language difficulties have been highlighted as a cornerstone of the developmental profile in Down Syndrome (DS), but very few studies have examined early language abilities in children with DS to determine the initial strengths and weaknesses that might inform early language interventions to support language development in this population. This study focused on the early perception of intonation and examined whether it differed between infants with DS and typically developing (TD) peers. Using a visual habituation paradigm from a previous study on TD infants’ ability to perceive the intonation of statements and questions, infants with DS were able to successfully discriminate statement and question intonation, similarly to TD infants. However, unlike for TD infants, an age group effect was found, with older infants with DS being unable to discriminate the intonation contrast. Our findings highlight the importance of prosody in early development also in infants with DS. Moreover, the unexpected decrease in early sensitivity to intonation in older infants with DS pinpoints a crucial developmental window—the first semester of life—for early interventions using intonation to support language learning in these infants. 
653 |a Language acquisition 
653 |a Toddlers 
653 |a Intervention 
653 |a Language disorders 
653 |a Speaking 
653 |a Intonation 
653 |a Native languages 
653 |a Prosody 
653 |a Age 
653 |a Native language acquisition 
653 |a Down syndrome 
653 |a Infants 
653 |a Newborn babies 
653 |a Speech 
653 |a Age groups 
653 |a Early intervention 
653 |a Habituation 
653 |a Language 
653 |a Expressive Language 
653 |a North American English 
653 |a Semantics 
653 |a Learning Problems 
653 |a Vocabulary Development 
653 |a Vocabulary Skills 
653 |a Neonates 
653 |a Native Language 
653 |a Young Children 
653 |a Vowels 
653 |a Syntax 
653 |a Sentences 
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653 |a Cues 
653 |a Romance Languages 
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