Garrido Dunia, Carballo Gloria, Franco Vanesa, García-Retamero Rocío
Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Medicina, 18012 Granada, Espana.
Rev Neurol. 2015 Mar 1;60(5):207-14.
Language widely varies in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Evidence, however, suggests that these children understand language worse than their peers with typical development, showing a delay in acquisition of receptive vocabulary. Research relating quality of life (QOL) and language is limited.
To increase our knowledge about structural aspects of language in children with ASD, and to determine the effects of deficits in understanding in children with ASD in their families' QOL.
We analyzed language comprehension in 26 non-verbal children with ASD (mean: 9.8 years) and 26 children with typical development (mean: 3.9 years) matched for age vocabulary, using standardized measures of receptive language.
We found that levels of receptive vocabulary, auditory comprehension, and grammar comprehension in children with ASD are lower than typical levels for their age, and significantly differ from those in children with typical development. Parents of children with ASD also report severe communication problems in their children and lack of social support. Family QOL is influenced by language problems of children with ASD.
There is a significant relationship between receptive language skills in children with ASD and perceptions of QOL in their families. These results can have important implications for designing clinical interventions.
自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童的语言存在很大差异。然而，有证据表明，这些儿童对语言的理解能力比发育正常的同龄人差，接受性词汇的习得存在延迟。关于生活质量（QOL）与语言关系的研究有限。
增加我们对ASD儿童语言结构方面的了解，并确定ASD儿童理解能力缺陷对其家庭生活质量的影响。
我们使用接受性语言的标准化测量方法，分析了26名无语言能力的ASD儿童（平均年龄9.8岁）和26名年龄、词汇量匹配的发育正常儿童（平均年龄3.9岁）的语言理解能力。
我们发现，ASD儿童的接受性词汇、听觉理解和语法理解水平低于其年龄的典型水平，且与发育正常儿童有显著差异。ASD儿童的父母也报告说他们的孩子存在严重的沟通问题以及缺乏社会支持。ASD儿童的语言问题会影响家庭生活质量。
ASD儿童的接受性语言技能与其家庭对生活质量的认知之间存在显著关系。这些结果对设计临床干预措施具有重要意义。
