Latest publications (2023 – in press)

  • Junttila, M., Jussila, K., Joskitt, L., Ebeling, H., Kielinen, M., Loukusa, S., … Mattila, M. L. (2023). Factor analysis of the autism spectrum screening questionnaire in a population-based child sample. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 77(7), 696–705. https://doi.org/10.1080/08039488.2023.2225060
  • Kanto, L., Laakso, M., & Huttunen, K. (2024). Use of pointing in parent-child interactions by hearing children of deaf and hearing parents: A follow-up from 1- to 3-years of age. Journal of child language, 51(2), 411-23. https://doi.org/10.1017/S030500092300020X
  • Kunnari, S., Chaves, S.S., Chacon‐Moscoso, S., Alves, D.C., Ozbič, M., Petinou, K. et al. (2024) Intervention studies with group design targeting expressive phonology for children with developmental speech and language disorder: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460‐6984.13110
  • Kunnari, S., Välimaa, T., Tuohimaa, K., Hautala, J., Tolonen, A-K., Rimmanen, S., Tennilä, T., Tsupari, T., Vikman, S., Virokannas, N., Aarnisalo, A. A., Dietz, A., Hyvärinen, A., Laitakari, J., Mykkänen, S., Salonen, J., Sivonen, V. & Löppönen, H. (2024). Factors associated with nonword repetition skills in 4-to 6-year-old deaf and hard-of-hearing and typically hearing children. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2024.2390502
  • Lajunen, H-R., Laasonen, M., Lahti-Nuuttila, P., Leminen, M., Smolander, S., Kunnari, S., Arkkila, E. & Lauronen, L. (2023). Is epileptiform activity related to developmental language disorder? Findings from the HelSLI Study. Clinical Neurophysiology Practice, 8, 65–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnp.2023.03.004
  • Loukusa, S., Gabbatore, I., Kotila, A., Dindar, K., Mäkinen, L., Leinonen, E., Mämmelä. L., Bosco, F., Jussila, K., Ebeling, H., Hurtig, T. & Mattila, M-L. (2023). Non-linguistic comprehension, social inference and empathizing skills in autistic young adults, young adults with autistic traits and control young adults: Group differences and interrelatedness of skills. International Journal Of Language and Communication Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12848
  • Mäkinen, L., Dindar, K., Gabbatore, I., Kotila, A., Frick, M., Ebeling, H. & Loukusa, S. Autistic children and control children use similar strategies when answering false belief questions. Intercultural Pragmatics, vol. 21, no. 1, 2024, pp. 61-97. https://doi.org/10.1515/ip-2024-0003
  • Pirinen, V., Eggers, K., Dindar, K., Helminen, T., Kotila, A., Kuusikko-Gauffin, S., . . . Loukusa, S. (2024). Associations between social anxiety, physiological reactivity, and speech disfluencies in autistic young adults and controls. Journal of communication disorders, 109, 106425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2024.106425
  • Tuohimaa, K., Loukusa, S., Löppönen, H., Välimaa, T. & Kunnari, S. (2023). Development of social-pragmatic understanding in children with congenital hearing loss and typical hearing between the ages of 4 and 6 years. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 66(7), 2503–2520. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00700
  • Tuohimaa, K., Loukusa, S., Löppönen, H., Aarnisalo, A. A., Dietz, A., Hyvärinen, A., Laitakari, J., Rimmanen, S., Salonen, J., Sivonen, V., Tennilä, T., Tsupari, T., Vikman, S., Virokannas, N., Hautala, J., Tolonen, A.-K., Välimaa, T., & Kunnari, S. (accepted). Factors associated with social-pragmatic understanding in six-year-old deaf and hard-of-hearing and typically hearing children. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research.