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Sleep Disturbance and Expressive Language Development in Preschool-Age Children With Down Syndrome.
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Healthy Sleep for Children With Down Syndrome
Randomized Control Trial of Oxygen Therapy in Children and Adolescents With Down Syndrome and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Who cites it
39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 84 citations in OpenAlex.
- Wearable-Sensor-Based Physical Activity and Sleep in Children with Down Syndrome Aged 0-5 Years: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- The Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Preschoolers With Disabilities: Occupational Therapists' Perspectives.Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapie · 2026Article
- Developmental Profile and Variability in Preschool-Age Children With Down Syndrome.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR · 2026Article
- The interactions between sleep difficulties and clinical features in children with rare genetic syndromes: a structural equation modelling approach.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Determining the Validity of a New Speech Perception Test for Toddlers With and Without Hearing Loss.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2026Article
- Sleep Duration and Screen Time in Young Children with Mild Language Delays.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Quality of Life and Mental Health in Caregivers of Children With Down Syndrome and Sleep Problems.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2025Article
- A Community Study on Sleep Characteristics and Anxiety Symptoms in Children with Dyslexia.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Neuronal oscillations in cognition: Down syndrome as a model of mouse to human translation.The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry · 2025Review
- Sleep Fragmentation in TcMAC21 Mouse Model of Down Syndrome.Nature and science of sleep · 2025Article
- Early detection and treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea in infants with Down syndrome: a prospective, non-randomised, controlled, interventional study.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2024Article
- Sleep-related disorders in children: A narrative review.Pediatric discovery · 2024Review
- Relationship between sleep disturbance and developmental status in preschool-aged children with developmental disorder.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Differences in Sleep EEG Coherence and Spindle Metrics in Toddlers With and Without Language Delay: A Prospective Observational Study.Research square · 2024Article
- Prevalence and influencing factors of sleep disorders among preschool children in Urumqi city: a cross-sectional survey.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- The developmental trajectory of sleep in children with Smith-Magenis syndrome compared to typically developing peers: a 3-year follow-up study.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2023Article
- Parental perception of facilitators and barriers to health among young children with down syndrome: a qualitative study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Sleep and behavioral problems in preschool-age children with Down syndrome.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Circadian Sleep-Activity Rhythm across Ages in Down Syndrome.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Sleep-Related Rhythmic Movement Disorder in Young Children with Down Syndrome: Prevalence and Clinical Features.Brain sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
Recent evidence has suggested that sleep may facilitate language learning. This study examined variation in language ability in 29 toddlers with Down syndrome (DS) in relation to levels of sleep disruption. Toddlers with DS and poor sleep (66%, n = 19) showed greater deficits on parent-reported and objective measures of language, including vocabulary and syntax. Correlations between sleep and language were found in groups with equivalent medical and social backgrounds and after control for relevant behavioral comorbidities, including autism symptoms. These results emphasize the important role of quality sleep in all children's expressive language development, and may help increase our understanding of the etiology of language deficits in developmental disorders, potentially leading to new treatment approaches.
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