Effects of Early Intervention on the Language of Mexican and Galician Preterm Infants

Abstract

According to the World Health Association, 1 out of 10 babies worldwide are born prematurely or before the 37 th week of gestation. There is a higher percent of Preterm Births (PR) in less developed countries [1,2]. The study of PR infants has increased considerably over the last decade due to the fact that more babies survive because of advances in the medical field. In this study we address PR populations that share cultural and language roots in Mexico and Spain, for which