Publications: Laboratory on Language Development in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

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2021

  • Abbeduto L, Klusek J, Taylor JL, Abdelnur N, Sparapani N, Thurman AJ. Concurrent Associations between Expressive Language Ability and Independence in Adolescents and Adults with Fragile X Syndrome. Brain Sci. 2021, 11(9), 1179. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11091179.
  • Bullard L, Harvey D, Abbeduto L. Exploring the feasibility of collecting multimodal multiperson assessment data via distance in families affected by fragile X syndrome. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. 2021 Apr 12:1357633X211003810.
  • Bullard L, Abbeduto L. Responsive Parenting as a Target for Telehealth Language Interventions in Fragile X Syndrome: Implications for Scalability and Best Practices. Semin Speech Lang 2021; 42(04): 287-300.
    DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1730989
  • Del Hoyo Soriano L, Bullard L, Thurman AJ, Hoyos Alvarez C. Providing a parent-administered outcome measure in a bilingual family of a father and a mother of two adolescents with ASD: brief report. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 2021, Jun. https://doi.org/10.1080/17518423.2021.1942281.
  • Del Hoyo Soriano L, Bullard L, Hoyos Alvarez C, Thurman AJ, Abbeduto, L. Front. Using Telehealth-Delivered Procedures to Collect a Parent-Implemented Expressive Language Sampling Narrative Task in Monolingual and Bilingual Families With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Study. Rehabilit. Sci., 18 November 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2021.716550.
  • Dimachkie Nunnally A, Nguyen V, Anglo C, Sterling A, Edgin J, Sherman S, Berry-Kravis E, del Hoyo Soriano L, Abbeduto L, Thurman AJ. Symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Individuals with Down Syndrome. Brain Sciences. 2021; 11(10):1278. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11101278.
  • Klusek J, Thurman AJ, Abbeduto L. Maternal Pragmatic Language Difficulties in the FMR1 Premutation and the Broad Autism Phenotype: Associations with Individual and Family Outcomes. J Autism Dev Disord (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-04980-3.
  • Lovos A, Bottrill K, Sakhon S, Nyhuis C, Egleson E, Luongo A, Murphy M, Thurman AJ, Abbeduto L, Lee NR, Hughes K, Edgin J. Circadian Sleep-Activity Rhythm across Ages in Down Syndrome. Brain Sciences. 2021; 11(11):1403. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11111403.
  • Moser C, Mattie L, Abbeduto L, Klusek J. The FMR1 Premutation Phenotype and Mother-Youth Synchrony in Fragile X Syndrome. Am J Intellect Dev Disabil (2021) 126 (6): 443–459. https://doi.org/10.1352/1944-7558-126.6.443.
  • Thurman AJ, Edgin JO, Sherman SL, Sterling A, McDuffie A, Berry-Kravis E, Hamilton D, Abbeduto L. Spoken language outcome measures for treatment studies in Down syndrome: feasibility, practice effects, test-retest reliability, and construct validity of variables generated from expressive language sampling. J Neurodevelop Disord 13, 13 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-021-09361-6.

2020

2019

2018

  • del Hoyo Soriano, L., Thurman, A. J., & Abbeduto, L. (2018). Specificity: A Phenotypic Comparison of Communication-Relevant Domains Between Youth With Down Syndrome and Fragile X Syndrome. Frontiers in Genetics, 9, 424. Link: https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2018.00424
  • del Hoyo Soriano, L., Thurman, A. J., Harvey, D. J., Ted Brown, W., & Abbeduto, L. (2018). Genetic and maternal predictors of cognitive and behavioral trajectories in females with fragile X syndrome. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 10(1), 22. Link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-018-9240-2
  • Nelson, S., McDuffie, A., Banasik, A., Feigles, R. T., Thurman, A. J., & Abbeduto, L. (2018). Inferential language use by school-aged boys with fragile X syndrome: Effects of a parent-implemented spoken language intervention. Journal of communication disorders, 72, 64-76. Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021992417300904
  • Matherly, S. M., Klusek, J., Thurman, A. J., McDuffie, A., Abbeduto, L., & Roberts, J. E. (2018). Cortisol profiles differentiated in adolescents and young adult males with fragile X syndrome versus autism spectrum disorder. Developmental psychobiology, 60(1), 78-89.

2017

  • Ashby, S. A., Channell, M. M., & Abbeduto, L. (2017). Inferential language use by youth with Down syndrome during narration. Research in developmental disabilities, 71, 98-108.
  • Bullard, L., McDuffie, A., & Abbeduto, L. (2017). Distance delivery of a parent-implemented language intervention for young boys with fragile X syndrome. Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 2, 2396941517728690.
  • Channell, M. M., Loveall, S. J., Conners, F. A., Harvey, D. J., & Abbeduto, L. (2017). Narrative Language Sampling in Typical Development: Implications for Clinical Trials. American journal of speech-language pathology, 1-13.
  • McDuffie, A., Banasik, A., Bullard, L., Nelson, S., Feigles, R. T., Hagerman, R., & Abbeduto, L. (2017). Distance delivery of a spoken language intervention for school-aged and adolescent boys with fragile X syndrome. Developmental neurorehabilitation, 1-16.
  • McDuffie, A., Thurman, A. J., Channell, M. M., & Abbeduto, L. (2017). Language disorders in children with intellectual disability of genetic origin. In Handbook of Child Language Disorders: 2nd Edition. Taylor and Francis.
  • Thurman, A. J., McDuffie, A., Hagerman, R. J., Josol, C. K., & Abbeduto, L. (2017). Language skills of males with fragile X syndrome or nonsyndromic autism spectrum disorder. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 47(3), 728-743.
  • Thurman, A. J., Kover, S. T., Brown, W. T., Harvey, D. J., & Abbeduto, L. (2017). Noncomprehension Signaling in Males and Females With Fragile X Syndrome. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1-16.

2016

  • Abbeduto, L., McDuffie, A., Thurman, A. J., & Kover, S. T. (2016). Language Development in Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: From Phenotypes to Treatments. International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities, 50, 71-118.
  • Klusek, J., McGrath, S. E., Abbeduto, L., & Roberts, J. E. (2016). Pragmatic language features of mothers with the FMR1 premutation are associated with the language outcomes of adolescents and young adults with fragile X syndrome. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 59(1), 49-61.
  • Loveall, S. J., Channell, M. M., Phillips, B. A., Abbeduto, L., & Conners, F. A. (2016). Receptive vocabulary analysis in Down syndrome. Research in developmental disabilities, 55, 161-172.
  • McDuffie, A., Oakes, A., Machalicek, W., Ma, M., Bullard, L., Nelson, S., & Abbeduto, L. (2016). Early language intervention using distance video-teleconferencing: a pilot study of young boys with fragile X syndrome and their mothers. American journal of speech-language pathology, 25(1), 46-66.
  • McDuffie, A., Thurman, A. J., Channell, M. M., & Abbeduto, L. (2016). Learning Words in a Social World: Impairments Associated With ASD and Fragile X Syndrome. Innovative Investigations of Language in Autism Spectrum Disorder, 71.
  • McDuffie, A., Machalicek, W., Bullard, L., Nelson, S., Mello, M., Tempero-Feigles, R., Nancy Castignetti, and Abbeduto, L. (2016). A spoken-language intervention for school-aged boys with fragile X syndrome. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 121(3), 236-265. (PDF)
  • Oakes, A., Thurman, A. J., McDuffie, A., Bullard, L. M., Hagerman, R. J., & Abbeduto, L. (2016). Characterizing repetitive behaviors in young males with fragile X syndrome. Research in Developmental Disorders, 60, 54 – 67. (PDF)

2015

  • Benjamin, D. P., McDuffie, A. S., Thurman, A. J., Kover, S. T., Mastergeorge, A. M., Hagerman, R. J., & Abbeduto, L. (2015).  Effect of Speaker Gaze on Word Learning in Fragile X Syndrome: A Comparison With Nonsyndromic Autism Spectrum Disorder.  Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1-13.  (PDF)
  • McDuffie, A., Oakes, A., Machalicek, W., Thurman, A. J., Summers, S., Stewart, A., Abbeduto, L. (2015).  Play with objects in young males with Fragile X Syndrome: A preliminary study.  Journal of Communication Disorders, Volume 53, Pages 17-29.  (PDF)
  • Thurman, A. J., McDuffie, A., Kover, S., T., Hagerman, R., J., & Abbeduto, L. (2015).  Autism Symptomatology in Boys with Fragile X Syndrome: A Cross Sectional Developmental Trajectories Comparison with Nonsyndromic Autism Spectrum Disorder.  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.  45, 2816 – 2832. (PDF)
  • Oakes, A. Ma, M., McDuffie, A., Machalicek, W., & Abbeduto, L. (2015). Providing a parent-implemented language intervention to a young male with fragile X syndrome: Brief report. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 18, 65-68.

2014

  • Abbeduto, L., McDuffie, A., & Thurman, A.J. (2014). The fragile X syndrome-autism comorbidity: what do we really know? Frontiers in Genetics, October 16;5:355. (PDF)
    Benjamin, D. P., Mastergeorge, A. M., McDuffie, A., Kover, S. T., Hagerman, R. J., & Abbeduto, L. (2014).  Effects of labeling and pointing on object gaze in boys with Fragile X Syndrome: An eye-tracking study.  Research in Developmental Disabilities, 35(11), 2658-2672.  (PDF)
  • Kover, S. T., Haebig, E., Oakes, A., McDuffie, A., Hagerman, R. J., & Abbeduto, L. (2014).  Sentence Comprehension in Boys With Autism Spectrum Disorder.  American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 23, 385-394.  (PDF)
  • Machalicek, W., McDuffie, A., Oakes, A., Ma, M., John Thurman, A., Rispoli, M.J., & Abbeduto, L. (2014).  Examining the operant function of challenging behavior in young males with Fragile X Syndrome: A summary of 12 cases. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 35, 1694-1704.  (PDF)
  • McDuffie, A., Thurman, A. J., Hagerman, R. J., & Abbeduto, L. (2014).  Symptoms of Autism in Males with Fragile X Syndrome: A Comparison to Nonsyndromic ASD Using Current ADI-R Scores.  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.  (PDF)
  • Thurman, A. J., McDuffie, A., Hagerman, R., & Abbeduto, L. (2014).  Psychiatric symptoms in boys with Fragile X Syndrome: A comparison with nonsyndromic autism spectrum disorder.  Research in Developmental Disabilities, 35(5), 1072-1086.  (PDF)
  • Thurman, A. J., McDuffie, A., Kover, S. T., Hagerman, R., Channell, M. M., Mastergeorge, A., & Abbeduto, L. (2014).  Use of Emotional Cues for Lexical Learning: A Comparison of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Fragile X Syndrome.  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-20.  (PDF)
  • Channell, M., Thurman, A.J., Kover, S.T., & Abbeduto, L. (2014). Patterns of change in nonverbal cognition in adolescents with Down syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 35, 2933-2941.  (PDF)

2013

  • Haebig, E., McDuffie, A., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2013).  Brief Report: Parent Verbal Responsiveness and Language Development in Toddlers on the Autism Spectrum.  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43, 2218-2227.  (PDF)
  • Oakes, A., Kover, S. T., & Abbeduto, L. (2013).  Language comprehension profiles of young adolescents with Fragile X Syndrome.  American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 22, 615 - 626.  (PDF)
  • Kover, S., McDuffie, A., Hagerman, R., & Abbeduto, L. (2013).  Receptive vocabulary in boys with autism spectrum disorders: Cross-sectional developmental trajectories.  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43, 2696-2709.  (PDF)
  • McDuffie, A., Kover, S. T., Hagerman, R., & Abbeduto, L. (2013).  Investigating Word Learning in Fragile X Syndrome: A Fast-Mapping Study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43(7), 1676–1691.  (PDF)
  • McDuffie, A., Machalicek, W., Oakes, A., Haebig, E., Ellis Weismer, S., & Abbeduto, L. (2013).  Video-teleconferencing in early intervention: Pilot study of a naturalistic language intervention.  Topics in Early Childhood Special Education 33, 172-185.  (PDF)

2012

  • Kover, S. T., McDuffie, A., Abbeduto, L., & Brown, W. T. (2012).  Effects of Sampling Context on Spontaneous Expressive Language in Males With Fragile X Syndrome or Down Syndrome.  Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 55(4), 1022.  (PDF)
  • McDuffie, A., Kover, S., Abbeduto, L., Lewis, P. (2012).  Profiles of Receptive and Expressive Language Abilities in Boys With Comorbid Fragile X Syndrome and Autism.  American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Vol. 117, No. 1, 18–32.  (PDF)

2011

  • Pierpont, E., Richmond, E., Abbeduto, L., Kover, S., Brown, W (2011).  Contributions of phonological and verbal working memory to language development in adolescents with Fragile X Syndrome.  Journal Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 3:335-347.  (PDF)
  • Venker, C., McDuffie, A., Ellis Weismer, S., & Abbeduto, L. (2011).  Increasing verbal responsiveness in parents of children with autism: A pilot study.  Autism: International Journal of Research and Practice, 16(6), 568-585.
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2010

  • Finestack, L.H., & Abbeduto, L. (2010).  Expressive language profiles of verbally expressive adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome or Fragile X Syndrome.  Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 53, 1334-1348.  (PDF)
  • Kover, S.T. & Abbeduto, L. (2010).  Expressive language in male adolescents with Fragile X Syndrome with and without comorbid autism.  Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 54(3), 246-265.  (PDF)
  • McDuffie, A., Abbeduto, L., Lewis, P., Kim, J.S., Kover, S., Weber, A., & Brown, W.T. (2010).  Autism spectrum disorder in children and adolescents with Fragile X Syndrome: within-syndrome differences and age-related changes.  American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Volume 115, Number 4: 307–326.  (PDF)  

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