Gunilla Rejnö-Habte Selassie (Institutionen för särskilda specialiteter, Avdelningen för logopedi och foniatri); Margareta Jennische (-); Mårten Kyllerman (Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa, Avdelningen för pediatrik); Gerd Viggedal (Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa, Avdelningen för pediatrik); Lena Hartelius (Institutionen för särskilda specialiteter, Avdelningen för logopedi och foniatri)

Acta paediatrica , 94 ( 4 ) s. 471-8

0803-5253

Artikel, refereegranskad vetenskaplig

2005

engelska

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16092463

AIM: To explore possible patterns of comorbidity in children with severe developmental language disorders (DLD). METHODS: A retrospective investigation of the clinical records of 28 children relating to oral motor and language problems, psychological profiles, medical history and EEG findings. RESULTS: 36% of all the children had pure expressive language problems, 64% had combined expressive-receptive language problems and 57% had additional oral motor problems. Girls predominated in expressive-receptive problems, while boys predominated in oral motor problems. Children with expressive-receptive disorders were over-represented at the lower end of normal full-scale IQ (p = 0.015). Lower verbal than non-verbal IQ levels were almost as common as equal levels, but a lower non-verbal IQ than verbal IQ was also found. Pre/perinatal problems were found in 21%, and heredity for developmental language problems or dyslexia in 39%. There was a higher proportion of attention and motor problems, EEG abnormalities, and epileptic syndromes than in the general population (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: In severe DLD, both pure expressive and mixed expressive-receptive problems are found, and oral motor problems are common. Gender differences regarding symptoms are present. Receptive language ability is associated with the full-scale IQ level. A high proportion of EEG abnormalities and epilepsy is found. There is a complex pattern of comorbidity between speech-language symptoms, psychological characteristics, heredity and EEG findings.

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP ->
Klinisk medicin ->
Oto-rino-laryngologi ->
Logopedi och foniatrik

Adolescent, Articulation Disorders, complications, Child, Child, Preschool, Dyslexia, complications, Electroencephalography, Epilepsy, complications, Female, Humans, Intelligence, Language Development Disorders, etiology, genetics, psychology, Male, Sex Factors

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