Watch the language! Language and linguistic-cognitive abilities in children with nocturnal epileptiform activity
Autor: | Solveig-Alma Halaas Lyster, Marit Bjørnvold, Rune Markhus, Silje Systad |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male
Vocabulary media_common.quotation_subject Delayed language Aptitude Nocturnal 050105 experimental psychology Lateralization of brain function Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences Behavioral Neuroscience Epilepsy Cognition 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Language Development Disorders 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child Language media_common 05 social sciences Phonology medicine.disease Neurology Child Preschool Female Neurology (clinical) Psychology On Language 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
Zdroj: | Epilepsy & Behavior. 66:10-18 |
ISSN: | 1525-5050 |
Popis: | We studied the language and linguistic-cognitive abilities of a group of children with nocturnal epileptiform activity (NEA; N = 33) who were hospitalized at a tertiary epilepsy hospital. The children were compared with two groups: one age- and gender-matched group (N = 33) and one group matched on language ability (vocabulary) and gender (N = 66). We also examined how NEA-related variables affected language abilities. Overall, the children with NEA showed delayed language abilities and a trend for specific difficulties with phonology and naming speed. We did not find firm evidence that the amount of NEA, the use of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), and the lateralization and localization of NEA had an effect on language. However, we found that children with right-lateralized epileptiform activity seemed to have specific difficulties with naming speed. Additionally, our results indicated that NEA located in the centrotemporal areas particularly affected phonology and orthographic skills. |
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