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. 2019 Feb 28;62(3):693–705. doi: 10.1044/2018_JSLHR-L-18-0227

Table 1.

Number of different words (NDW) and mean length of utterance (MLU) at ages 1;9–2;6.

Child a Age
1;9
2;0
2;3
2;6
NDW MLU NDW MLU NDW MLU NDW MLU
M06 19 1.08 16 1.15 68 1.81 49 1.84
01G 46 1.37 26 1.48 80 2.01 63 1.59
F16 24 1.28 24 1.20 73 1.73 80 1.96
59B 45 1.29 86 1.84 88 2.68 94 2.45
45G 31 1.19 78 1.54 82 1.60 97 1.82
13B 12 1.18 54 1.86 58 1.46 99 1.99
09G 39 1.41 100 1.70 126 2.35 105 2.02
61B 51 1.31 80 1.96 96 1.77 115 2.25
03G 37 1.27 78 1.68 94 1.92 118 2.41
M01 17 1.26 48 1.25 88 1.63 123 2.23
51G 23 1.06 71 1.46 102 1.81 129 2.14
M16 34 1.24 67 2.23 97 2.02 132 2.46
55G 25 1.24 69 1.42 108 2.63 137 2.48
47B 14 1.13 41 1.75 96 1.96 139 2.18
33B 59 1.61 93 1.98 108 2.39 175 2.52
a

Children from the DeKalb cohort are identified as M = male and F = female; children from the Champaign cohort are identified as B = male and G = female.