Objective: To evaluate language and cognitive outcomes in elementary school ch ildren with a prior preschool diagnosis of developmental language impairment (DL I). Design/methods:A cohort of preschool children, consec...
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Objective: To evaluate language and cognitive outcomes in elementary school ch ildren with a prior preschool diagnosis of developmental language impairment (DL I). Design/methods:A cohort of preschool children, consecutively diagnosed with isolated language impairment, was reassessed in elementary school. Measures used were the communication domains of the Battelle Developmental Inventory (BDI) an d the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale, Peabody Picture Vocabulary and Expressiv e One Word Picture Vocabulary. Cognition was assessed using the BDI cognitive do main. Language impairment was defined as performance more than 1.25 SD below nor mative means on a language measure. Specific language impairment (SLI)was define d as language impairment concurrent with a cognitive score not more than one SD below the normative mean. Results:A total of 43/70 (61%) children were reassess ed. Mean age in preschool was 3.6 ±0.7 years and 7.4 ±0.7 years at follow up. A total of 36/43 (84%) showed persistent language impairment. The mean BDI cogn itive domain score was 80.0±14.2 (15/42 below -2 SDs). Only 11/42 (26%) child ren met current research criteria for SLI, 24/42 (57%) had language impairment but had cognitive scores more than one SD below normative means, and 4/42 (10%) had normal language and cognitive skills. No factors could be identified at int ake that predicted language outcome using univariate or multivariate analysis. C onclusions: While a preschool diagnosis of developmental language impairment pre dicted persisting language impairment, the specificity of this impairment did no t persist. This suggests either undiagnosed cognitive impairment in preschool ch ildren with apparently isolated language impairment or an evolving profile of mo re global developmental impairment.
To evaluate fine motor (FM) and gross motor (GM) function shortly after school entry in children with a preschool diagnosis of developmental language impairment (DLI). A cohort of children (n = 70) diagnosed at pre-sc...
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To evaluate fine motor (FM) and gross motor (GM) function shortly after school entry in children with a preschool diagnosis of developmental language impairment (DLI). A cohort of children (n = 70) diagnosed at pre-school age with DLI was reevaluated in elementary school. Language, cognitive, and motor outcomes were assessed through the use of the Battelle Developmental Inventory (BDI). Languagewas further assessed through the use of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale, Peabody Picture Vocabulary, and Expressive One Word Picture Vocabulary Tests. Performance below -1.5 SD of the normative mean on any test was considered to represent impairment. Forty-three children (mean age, 7.4 ±0.7 years) underwent reassessment at a mean of 3.8 ±0.7 years after initial preschool assessment. Mean scores for BDI motor domains (FM, 78.3 ±11.4; GM, 84.9 ±13.3) fell below normative values. Twenty-two children (52%) had motor impairment (FM, 17 of 42; GM, 15 of 42); 35 of 43 (81%) continued to have language impairment. BDI communication raw scores correlated most strongly with FM (ρ= 0.73, P <.001) and GM (ρ= 0.58, P =.003) raw scores but showed only moderate correlations with cognitive raw scores (ρ= 0.41, P =.05). Impaired motor function is an important comorbidity in DLI. Factors critical to motor performance may also contribute to language deficits in DLI.
Objective: This study was undertaken to evaluate the response to sacral neuromodulation in women with refractory, nonobstructive urinary urge incontinence after stress incontinence surgery. Study design: We reviewed t...
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Objective: This study was undertaken to evaluate the response to sacral neuromodulation in women with refractory, nonobstructive urinary urge incontinence after stress incontinence surgery. Study design: We reviewed the medical records of women in whom sacral neuromodulation was performed for worsening or de novo urinary urge incontinence after a stress incontinence procedure. All patients had undergone preliminary test stimulation. Demographics, surgical and urogynecologic history, including bladder diary and pad weight test, and urodynamic parameters were evaluated. Results: Of 34 women, 22 (65% ) responded to the test stimulation and underwent permanent lead implant. There was no difference between responders and nonresponders with respect to type of stress incontinence surgery. Incontinence or urodynamic parameters were not different between responders and nonresponders. Factors that were predictive of a positive response were women aged less than 55 years (P = .01), the test stimulation performed within 4 years of the stress incontinence procedure (P = .01), and evidence of pelvic floor muscle activity (P = .03). Conclusion: Sacral neuromodulation is a viable option for the treatment of refractory urinary urge incontinence that occurs after stress urinary incontinence surgery. Older women with no pelvic floor activity who are remote from their incontinence surgery may have a suboptimal response.
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