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Speech and language disorder

MedGen UID:
9673
•Concept ID:
C0023009
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Speech and language disorders
SNOMED CT: Speech and language disorder (231543005); Speech, language, communication disorder (231543005)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Quantitative application of the primary progressive aphasia consensus criteria.
Wicklund MR, Duffy JR, Strand EA, Machulda MM, Whitwell JL, Josephs KA
Neurology 2014 Apr 1;82(13):1119-26. Epub 2014 Mar 5 doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000261. PMID: 24598709Free PMC Article
Mutation screening of FOXP2 in individuals diagnosed with autistic disorder.
Gauthier J, Joober R, Mottron L, Laurent S, Fuchs M, De Kimpe V, Rouleau GA
Am J Med Genet A 2003 Apr 15;118A(2):172-5. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.10105. PMID: 12655497
Mental health problems among children seen in pediatric practice: prevalence and management.
Goldberg ID, Roghmann KJ, McInerny TK, Burke JD Jr
Pediatrics 1984 Mar;73(3):278-93. PMID: 6701051

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Paediatric velopharyngeal insufficiency following adenotonsillar surgery.
Konstantinidou S, Hall A, Pinkstone M, Cochrane L
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2021 Oct;149:110847. Epub 2021 Jul 17 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2021.110847. PMID: 34293625
Self-managed, computerised speech and language therapy for patients with chronic aphasia post-stroke compared with usual care or attention control (Big CACTUS): a multicentre, single-blinded, randomised controlled trial.
Palmer R, Dimairo M, Cooper C, Enderby P, Brady M, Bowen A, Latimer N, Julious S, Cross E, Alshreef A, Harrison M, Bradley E, Witts H, Chater T
Lancet Neurol 2019 Sep;18(9):821-833. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(19)30192-9. PMID: 31397288Free PMC Article
A Brain Marker for Developmental Speech Disorders.
Morgan AT, Su M, Reilly S, Conti-Ramsden G, Connelly A, Liégeois FJ
J Pediatr 2018 Jul;198:234-239.e1. Epub 2018 Apr 25 doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.02.043. PMID: 29705112
Well-Being and Resilience in Children With Speech and Language Disorders.
Lyons R, Roulstone S
J Speech Lang Hear Res 2018 Feb 15;61(2):324-344. doi: 10.1044/2017_JSLHR-L-16-0391. PMID: 29374284
Deciphering the genetic basis of speech and language disorders.
Fisher SE, Lai CS, Monaco AP
Annu Rev Neurosci 2003;26:57-80. Epub 2003 Jan 8 doi: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.26.041002.131144. PMID: 12524432

Diagnosis

Paediatric velopharyngeal insufficiency following adenotonsillar surgery.
Konstantinidou S, Hall A, Pinkstone M, Cochrane L
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2021 Oct;149:110847. Epub 2021 Jul 17 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2021.110847. PMID: 34293625
Self-managed, computerised speech and language therapy for patients with chronic aphasia post-stroke compared with usual care or attention control (Big CACTUS): a multicentre, single-blinded, randomised controlled trial.
Palmer R, Dimairo M, Cooper C, Enderby P, Brady M, Bowen A, Latimer N, Julious S, Cross E, Alshreef A, Harrison M, Bradley E, Witts H, Chater T
Lancet Neurol 2019 Sep;18(9):821-833. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(19)30192-9. PMID: 31397288Free PMC Article
Family aggregation of language impairment in an isolated Chilean population from Robinson Crusoe Island.
De Barbieri Z, Fernández MA, Newbury DF, Villanueva P
Int J Lang Commun Disord 2018 May;53(3):643-655. Epub 2018 Mar 25 doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12377. PMID: 29575355
Quantitative application of the primary progressive aphasia consensus criteria.
Wicklund MR, Duffy JR, Strand EA, Machulda MM, Whitwell JL, Josephs KA
Neurology 2014 Apr 1;82(13):1119-26. Epub 2014 Mar 5 doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000261. PMID: 24598709Free PMC Article
Molecular windows into speech and language disorders.
Fisher SE
Folia Phoniatr Logop 2007;59(3):130-40. doi: 10.1159/000101771. PMID: 17556856

Therapy

Self-managed, computerised speech and language therapy for patients with chronic aphasia post-stroke compared with usual care or attention control (Big CACTUS): a multicentre, single-blinded, randomised controlled trial.
Palmer R, Dimairo M, Cooper C, Enderby P, Brady M, Bowen A, Latimer N, Julious S, Cross E, Alshreef A, Harrison M, Bradley E, Witts H, Chater T
Lancet Neurol 2019 Sep;18(9):821-833. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(19)30192-9. PMID: 31397288Free PMC Article
Speech and language delay in two children: an unusual presentation of hyperthyroidism.
Sohal AP, Dasarathi M, Lodh R, Cheetham T, Devlin AM
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2013;26(11-12):1171-4. doi: 10.1515/jpem-2013-0050. PMID: 23740677
Speech disorders in Israeli Arab children.
Jaber L, Nahmani A, Shohat M
Isr J Med Sci 1997 Oct;33(10):663-5. PMID: 9397140

Prognosis

Phenotyping Down syndrome: discovery and predictive modelling with electronic medical records.
Nguyen TQ, Kerley CI, Key AP, Maxwell-Horn AC, Wells QS, Neul JL, Cutting LE, Landman BA
J Intellect Disabil Res 2024 May;68(5):491-511. Epub 2024 Feb 1 doi: 10.1111/jir.13124. PMID: 38303157Free PMC Article
Neocerebellar Crus I Abnormalities Associated with a Speech and Language Disorder Due to a Mutation in FOXP2.
Argyropoulos GPD, Watkins KE, Belton-Pagnamenta E, Liégeois F, Saleem KS, Mishkin M, Vargha-Khadem F
Cerebellum 2019 Jun;18(3):309-319. doi: 10.1007/s12311-018-0989-3. PMID: 30460543Free PMC Article
Population Health in Pediatric Speech and Language Disorders: Available Data Sources and a Research Agenda for the Field.
Raghavan R, Camarata S, White K, Barbaresi W, Parish S, Krahn G
J Speech Lang Hear Res 2018 May 17;61(5):1279-1291. doi: 10.1044/2018_JSLHR-L-16-0459. PMID: 29710342
Comorbidity of motor and language impairments in preschool children of Taiwan.
Cheng HC, Chen HY, Tsai CL, Chen YJ, Cherng RJ
Res Dev Disabil 2009 Sep-Oct;30(5):1054-61. Epub 2009 Mar 18 doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2009.02.008. PMID: 19297128
Behavioural analysis of an inherited speech and language disorder: comparison with acquired aphasia.
Watkins KE, Dronkers NF, Vargha-Khadem F
Brain 2002 Mar;125(Pt 3):452-64. doi: 10.1093/brain/awf058. PMID: 11872604

Clinical prediction guides

Nonword Repetition Performance Differentiates Children Who Stutter With and Without Concomitant Speech Sound and Developmental Language Disorders.
Gerwin KL, Walsh B, Tichenor SE
J Speech Lang Hear Res 2022 Jan 12;65(1):96-108. Epub 2022 Jan 4 doi: 10.1044/2021_JSLHR-21-00334. PMID: 34982942Free PMC Article
The Association of Dyslexia and Developmental Speech and Language Disorder Candidate Genes with Reading and Language Abilities in Adults.
Doust C, Gordon SD, Garden N, Fisher SE, Martin NG, Bates TC, Luciano M
Twin Res Hum Genet 2020 Feb;23(1):23-32. Epub 2020 Apr 6 doi: 10.1017/thg.2020.7. PMID: 32248883
Self-managed, computerised speech and language therapy for patients with chronic aphasia post-stroke compared with usual care or attention control (Big CACTUS): a multicentre, single-blinded, randomised controlled trial.
Palmer R, Dimairo M, Cooper C, Enderby P, Brady M, Bowen A, Latimer N, Julious S, Cross E, Alshreef A, Harrison M, Bradley E, Witts H, Chater T
Lancet Neurol 2019 Sep;18(9):821-833. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(19)30192-9. PMID: 31397288Free PMC Article
Foxp1 expression is essential for sex-specific murine neonatal ultrasonic vocalization.
Fröhlich H, Rafiullah R, Schmitt N, Abele S, Rappold GA
Hum Mol Genet 2017 Apr 15;26(8):1511-1521. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddx055. PMID: 28204507
Behavioural analysis of an inherited speech and language disorder: comparison with acquired aphasia.
Watkins KE, Dronkers NF, Vargha-Khadem F
Brain 2002 Mar;125(Pt 3):452-64. doi: 10.1093/brain/awf058. PMID: 11872604

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