Language disturbances in a group of participants suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a pilot study.
Results from several studies suggest that the process of language acquisition may be altered in patients suffering from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. In this study, a group of 8 male participants with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (M age = 16 yr., SD = 4.7) underwent an extensive neuropsychological and language assessment. They also performed a discourse production task. Results showed mild mental retardation associated with a specific deficit in Verbal rather than Performance IQ. At the linguistic assessment, 7 of 8 participants showed moderate to severe difficulties on oral language processing with particularly impaired morphosyntactic competence.
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Istituto Scientifico E. Medea IRCCS, Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy. fabbro@sv.1nf.it
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D'Angelo
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000849:Anomia / Q000175:diagnosis; D001039:Aphasia, Broca / Q000175:diagnosis; D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D032882:Comprehension; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis; D007360:Intelligence; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007807:Language Tests; D008297:Male; D020388:Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010700:Phonetics; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012660:Semantics; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D014956:Writing