Relative Age in School and Initiation of Speech Therapy in Children
This cohort study found that among children in the same grade, an age difference of a few months was associated with the frequency of initiation of speech therapy. These findings may be attributable to a mismatch between the expectations of the school system and the relative age and level of maturity of the children or earlier identification of neurodevelopmental disorders in the youngest children in each age group.
Authors
- Hugo Peyre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8757-0783)
- Martin Chalumeau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8175-3706)
- Mahmoud Zureik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8393-4217)
- Sophie Billioti de Gage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4097-8495)
- Alain Weill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8687-9092)
- Yann Mikaeloff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6346-9039)
Institutions
- Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades (FR)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Inserm (FR)
- Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (FR)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (FR)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- École Normale Supérieure - PSL (FR)
- Sorbonne Paris Cité (FR)
- Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
- Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations (FR)
- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail (FR)
- Conseil Régional du Languedoc-Roussillon (FR)
- Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique (FR)
- Hôpital Paul-Brousse (FR)
- École des hautes études en sciences sociales (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-05-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.12262
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Language Development and Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.44