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- Title
LANGUAGE DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH DEAFNESS.
- Authors
Neves de Oliveira, Letícia; Garcia de Goulart, Bárbara Niegia; Chiari, Brasilia Maria
- Abstract
Objective: to assess the association between speech-language disorders related to hearing loss and to describe it regarding gender, chief complaint, and type and degree of hearing loss. Methods: retrospective study of 482 archives of patients with speech-language disorders between July 1998 and July 2008. Information on age, gender, area of residence, chief complaint / manifestation of language impairment, etiologic diagnosis, and speech-language and hearing impairment was collected. results: Most were male patients (56%) aged three to five (32,8%) and six to 11 years (32,8%). Their chief complaints included oral language impairment (57%); sensorineural hearing loss (66,3%); profound hearing loss bilateral (32,8%); and an organic etiology (41,7%). A correlation between language disorder with the level of hearing loss and complaint of language was statistically significant (p < 0,001). Conclusion: the study found an association between language disorder and degree of hearing loss and language complaint.
- Subjects
LANGUAGE disorders; SPEECH disorders; DEAFNESS; BRAIN research
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Crescimento e Desenvolvimento Humano, 2013, Vol 23, Issue 1, p41
- ISSN
0104-1282
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7322/jhgd.50389