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  1. The role of lexical and prosodic characteristics of mothers’ child‐directed speech for the early vocabulary development of Italian children with cochlear implants

    Article • International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, July 2024, Wiley

    Valentina Persici

  2. Narrative skills and language comprehension in preschool children with cochlear implants: A comparison with children with Developmental Language Disorder or typical development

    Article • Journal of Communication Disorders, May 2024, Elsevier

    Valentina Persici

  3. Music Exposure and Maternal Musicality Predict Vocabulary Development in Children with Cochlear Implants

    Article • Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal, April 2024, University of California Press

    Valentina Persici

  4. The adaptation and validation of the Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index (Gold-MSI) in Italian: The Gold-MSI-IT

    Article • Psychology of Music, November 2023, SAGE Publications

    Valentina Persici

  5. Individual differences in neural markers of beat processing relate to spoken grammar skills in six-year-old children

    Article • Brain and Language, November 2023, Elsevier

    Valentina Persici

  6. Exploring individual differences in musical rhythm and grammar skills in school-aged children with typically developing language

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Valentina Persici

  7. A Novel Computer-Based Assessment Tool for Evaluating Early Literacy Skills in Italian Preschoolers

    Article • Journal of Research in Childhood Education, September 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Valentina Persici

  8. Conceptualizing, defining, and assessing pragmatic language impairment in clinical settings: A scoping review

    Article • Infant and Child Development, August 2022, Wiley

    Fawaz Qasem, Valentina Persici

  9. Vocabulary and reading speed in the majority language are affected by maternal language proficiency and language exposure at home: a study of language minority bilingual children in Italy

    Article • International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, May 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Valentina Persici

  10. Bidirectional language influence in mother–child interaction and its effects on the communicative development of children with cochlear implants: A longitudinal study

    Article • First Language, April 2022, SAGE Publications

    Valentina Persici

  11. Do Acoustic Environment Characteristics Affect the Lexical Development of Children With Cochlear Implants? A Longitudinal Study Before and After Cochlear Implant Activation

    Article • American Journal of Audiology, September 2021, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

    Manuela Lavelli, Valentina Persici, Letzia Guerzoni

  12. Talk—An Intervention Programme for Enhancing Early Literacy Skills in Preschool Children: A Pilot Study

    Article • Child Care in Practice, June 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Valentina Persici

  13. Early Literacy Skills and Later Reading and Writing Performance Across Countries: The Effects of Orthographic Consistency and Preschool Curriculum

    Article • Child & Youth Care Forum, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    mr Marco Lombardi, Valentina Persici

  14. Preverbal Production and Early Lexical Development in Children With Cochlear Implants: A Longitudinal Study Following Pre-implanted Children Until 12 Months After Cochlear Implant Activation

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, November 2020, Frontiers

    Valentina Persici

  15. Is atypical rhythm a risk factor for developmental speech and language disorders?

    Article • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive Science, April 2020, Wiley

    Valentina Persici

  16. Lexical access and competition in bilingual children: The role of proficiency and the lexical similarity of the two languages

    Article • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, March 2019, Elsevier

    Valentina Persici