Speech disfluencies in children with Down Syndrome

Eggers, Kurt; Eerdenbrugh, Sabine Van

doi:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2017.11.001

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“…Children tend to have altered syllable structure, group reduction, and final consonant elimination. Prevalence of stuttering is also higher [195] . As they grow up, language has shorter and less complex statements.…”

Section: Other Syndromes That Associate With Speech and Language Disomentioning

confidence: 93%

Genomics of Speech and Language Disorders

Guerra¹,

Cacabelos²

2018

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There are multiple factors involved in speech and language. Investigating animal models, mainly through songbirds, have allowed a better understanding of the language process. Verbal dyspraxia, dysarthria, speech sound disorder, and stuttering are some examples of speech disorders, and specific language disorder, aphasia and, dyslexia of language disorders. More complex syndromes such as Autism-spectrum disorders, Down’s or Fragile X have more variable features. Genetic factors, such as hereditary or de novo mutations may be responsible for their development. In addition, most of them are involved in neurodevelopment with a huge range of molecular mechanisms and pathways that interact with each other, and there may be co-morbidity with other communication disorders or develop phenotypes unrelated to communication. Genes with heterogeneous functions in speech and language such as FOXP1, FOXP2, KIAA0319, ROBO1, APOE or CNTNAP2 are some examples. Epigenetic factors, especially miRNAs, influence their expressiveness. The genomics of these disorders allows us to understand language acquisition, carry out early detection strategies, genetic counseling and optimize future treatments, not only in communication disorders but also those neurological alterations that incorporate these mutations.

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Section: Other Syndromes That Associate With Speech and Language Disomentioning

confidence: 93%

Genomics of Speech and Language Disorders

Guerra¹,

Cacabelos²

2018

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“…Examples of stuttering-like disfluency include repetitions of sounds or syllables, prolongations in sounds, or blocks [3,36]. Nonstuttering disfluencies, also called "other" disfluencies [27,37], are experienced by most speakers. These include interjections, repetitions of multisyllabic words or phrases, and revisions [3].…”

Section: Difficulties With Speech Fluency In Children With Down Syndromementioning

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“…Consistent weaknesses, compared to typically developing children of similar non-verbal mental age level, are reported in the areas of expressive vocabulary, receptive and expressive grammar (syntax and morphology; [22][23][24]), and phonological awareness ( [25,26]; see also a systematic review and meta-analysis by Naess et al [11]). Speech production, including speech fluency, is also commonly affected [27][28][29]. Although there is an initial gap between expressive and receptive language domains and between vocabulary and other core language skills, all of these areas develop more slowly over time in children with Down syndrome than in younger typically developing peers with similar non-verbal mental age levels, and the gap between the groups increases over time [26,30,31].…”

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The Association between Difficulties with Speech Fluency and Language Skills in a National Age Cohort of Children with Down Syndrome

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The present study (a) addressed difficulties in speech fluency in children with Down syndrome and typically developing children at a similar non-verbal level and (b) examined the association between difficulties with speech fluency and language skills in children with Down syndrome. Data from a cross-sectional parent survey that included questions about children’s difficulties with speech fluency, as well as clinical tests from a national age cohort of 43 six-year-olds with Down syndrome and 57 young typically developing children, were collected. Fisher’s exact test, Student’s t-test, linear regression, and density ellipse scatter plots were used for analysis. There was a significantly higher occurrence of parent-reported difficulties with speech fluency in the children with Down syndrome. Higher language scores were significantly associated with a lower degree of difficulties; this association was strongest for vocabulary and phonological skills. Although difficulties with speech fluency were not reported for all children with Down syndrome, a substantially higher occurrence of such difficulties was reported compared to that for typically developing children. The significant association between difficulties with speech fluency and the level of language functioning suggests that speech fluency and language skills should be taken into consideration when planning treatment for children with Down syndrome.

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“…e alterations found in different areas of development are not always proportional, since each area influences and is influenced each other [4]. e cognitive development of individuals with Down syndrome is characterized by limited mental ability and difficulty in processing information [5]. Intellectual deficits cause alterations in attention, memory, language acquisition, and other mental abilities.…”

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Effects of Massage Therapy on the Development of Babies Born with Down Syndrome

Piñero-Pinto

Benítez-Lugo

Chillón‐Martínez

et al. 2020

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Objective. To determine the short-term effects of infant massage on the development of Down syndrome babies. Materials and Methods. The study compared two groups (intervention and control), each with 16 babies with Down syndrome between 4 and 8 months old. The variables developmental age and developmental quotient were measured at two distinct time points, at pretest and after 5 weeks, using the Brunet-Lézine Early Childhood Psychomotor Development revised scale. This scale measures the variables of age and development quotient in a partial way (motor, visual-motor coordination, language, and social development) and in a global way. The experimental group received infant massage, applied by the parents, during these 5 weeks, every day for at least 10 minutes. The massage protocol was based on the methodology created by Vimala McClure. The control group received it after 5 weeks. Results. All developmental variables were improved in the experimental group but not in the control group. There were significant differences in developmental age between the two groups, and this outcome was better in the experimental group (p<0.001). The 2-by-2 mixed-model analysis of variance indicates a statistically significant group-by-time interaction for all development quotients, both partial and global (p<0.001), which was significantly higher in the experimental group than in the control group. Conclusion. Infant massage therapy improves the development of babies with Down syndrome in the short term.

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Speech disfluencies in children with Down Syndrome

Cited by 26 publications

References 70 publications

Genomics of Speech and Language Disorders

Genomics of Speech and Language Disorders

The Association between Difficulties with Speech Fluency and Language Skills in a National Age Cohort of Children with Down Syndrome

Effects of Massage Therapy on the Development of Babies Born with Down Syndrome

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