Affiliation:
1. Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University
Abstract
Introduction. Speech disorders are a common problem in childhood. Speech disorders of various types are, in particular, the most common complications of epilepsy.
Objective. The clinical manifestations of speech disorders in children with epileptic encephalopathies were studied.
Materials and methods. The study included eighty nine children with epileptic encephalopathies. All patients underwent a detailed study of the anamnesis of life and disease, assessment of neurological and somatic, analysis of the semiotics of seizures, assessment of the therapy received, articulatory praxis, phonemic perception, game activity, expressive speech, impressive speech.
Results. Speech in the examined patients had the character of a gross violation after the stage of normal development (37.1%), speech development delay was noted in 38.2% of patients from birth. Phonemic perception was impaired in 73 (82.0%) patients, a violation of articulatory praxis was detected in 63 (70.8%) patients, coherent speech was not formed in 78 (87.6%) patients, play activity did not correspond to the age of the child in 50 ( 56.2%) cases, violation of the account was detected in 69 (77.5%) patients, violation of sound pronunciation was observed in 30 (33.7%) patients.
Conclusion. Articulatory apraxia and motor alalia are the most common types of speech disorders in children with epileptic encephalopathies.
Publisher
National Medical Research Center for Childrens Health
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