Anadolu University, Dilkom, Yunus Emre Kampusu, 26470 Eskisehir, Turkey.
Biomed Res Int. 2015;2015:707134. doi: 10.1155/2015/707134. Epub 2015 Apr 21.
Childhood verbal apraxia has not been identified or treated sufficiently in children with Down syndrome but recent research has documented that symptoms of childhood verbal apraxia can be found in children with Down syndrome. But, it is not routinely diagnosed in this population. There is neither an assessment tool in Turkish nor any research on childhood verbal apraxia although there is a demand not only for children with Down syndrome but also for normally developing children. The study examined if it was possible to determine oral-motor difficulties and childhood verbal apraxia features in children with Down syndrome through a survey. The survey was a parental report measure. There were 329 surveys received. Results indicated that only 5.6% of children with Down syndrome were diagnosed with apraxia, even though many of the subject children displayed clinical features of childhood verbal apraxia. The most frequently reported symptoms of childhood verbal apraxia in literature were displayed by the children with Down syndrome in the study. Parents could identify childhood verbal apraxia symptoms using parent survey. This finding suggests that the survey can be developed that could serve as a screening tool for a possible childhood verbal apraxia diagnosis in Turkey.
儿童言语失用症在唐氏综合征儿童中尚未得到充分识别或治疗，但最近的研究记录表明，唐氏综合征儿童中存在儿童言语失用症的症状。但是，在该人群中并未常规进行诊断。尽管不仅唐氏综合征儿童，而且正常发育儿童都有需求，但土耳其既没有评估工具，也没有关于儿童言语失用症的研究。本研究通过调查检查是否可以通过调查确定唐氏综合征儿童的口腔运动困难和儿童言语失用症特征。该调查是一份家长报告的措施。共收到 329 份调查。结果表明，尽管许多受试儿童表现出儿童言语失用症的临床特征，但只有 5.6%的唐氏综合征儿童被诊断为失用症。研究中唐氏综合征儿童表现出文献中最常报道的儿童言语失用症症状。父母可以使用家长调查识别儿童言语失用症症状。这一发现表明，可以开发出一种可能用于在土耳其进行儿童言语失用症诊断的筛查工具的调查。
