Development and assessment of school-age and adolescent children with human immunodeficiency virus.
This article presents a review of the literature regarding the communication problems of school-age children with HIV-infection and the impact of the psychosocial and emotional reactions of these children on their social relationships. An overview of the effects of HIV infection on the central nervous system is followed by descriptions of how hearing, oral motor function, speech, language, reading and written language may be affected.
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State of California Department of Education, Diagnostic Center, Southern California, Los Angeles 90032, USA.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003147:Communication Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans
D000998:Antiviral Agents