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
- del Hoyo Soriano, L., Rosser, T., Hamilton, D., Wood, T., Abbeduto, L., & Sherman, S. (2020). Gestational age is related to symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in late-preterm to full-term children and adolescents with down syndrome. Scientific Reports, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77392-5
- Abbeduto L, Berry-Kravis E, Sterling A, Sherman S, Edgin JO, McDuffie A, Hoffmann A, Hamilton D, Nelson M, Aschkenasy J, Thurman AJ. Expressive language sampling as a source of outcome measures for treatment studies in fragile X syndrome: feasibility, practice effects, test-retest reliability, and construct validity. Neurodev Disord. 2020 Mar 24;12(1):10. doi: 10.1186/s11689-020-09313-6
- Del Hoyo Soriano L, Thurman AJ, Harvey D, Kover ST, Abbeduto L. Expressive language development in adolescents with Down syndrome and fragile X syndrome: change over time and the role of family-related factors. J Neurodev Disord. 2020 Jun 27;12(1):18. doi: 10.1186/s11689-020-09320-7.
- Finestack LH, Rohwer B, Hilliard L, Abbeduto L. Using Computerized Language Analysis to Evaluate Grammatical Skills. Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch. 2020 Apr 7;51(2):184-204. doi: 10.1044/2019_LSHSS-19-00032.
- Shaffer RC, Schmitt L, John Thurman A, Abbeduto L, Hong M, Pedapati E, Dominick K, Sweeney J, Erickson C. The Relationship between Expressive Language Sampling and Clinical Measures in Fragile X Syndrome and Typical Development. Brain Sci. 2020 Jan 26;10(2). pii: E66. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10020066.
- Thurman AJ, Potter LA, Kim K, Tassone F, Banasik A, Potter SN, Bullard L, Nguyen V, McDuffie A, Hagerman R, Abbeduto L. Controlled trial of lovastatin combined with an open-label treatment of a parent-implemented language intervention in youth with fragile X syndrome. Neurodev Disord. 2020 Apr 22;12(1):12. doi: 10.1186/s11689-020-09315-4.
2019
- Klusek J, Moser C, Schmidt J, Abbeduto L, Roberts JE. A novel eye-tracking paradigm for indexing social avoidance-related behavior in fragile X syndrome. AM J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2020 Jan;183(1):5-16. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32757.
- Kover ST, Abbeduto L. Syntactic Ability of Girls With Fragile X Syndrome: Phonological Memory and Discourse Demands on Complex Sentence Use. Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2019 Nov;124(6):511-534. doi: 10.1352/1944-7558-124.6.511.
- Thurman AJ, Hoyos Alvarez C. Language Performance in Preschool-Aged Boys with Nonsyndromic Autism Spectrum Disorder or Fragile X Syndrome. J Autism Dev Disord. 2019 Feb 19. doi:10.1007/s10803-019-03919-z.
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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)