The Influence of Hearing Impairment on Mental Age in Down Syndrome: Preliminary Results.
auditory ability
down syndrome
hearing impairment (HI)
mental age
receptive language ability
Journal
Frontiers in pediatrics
ISSN: 2296-2360
Titre abrégé: Front Pediatr
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101615492
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
received:
02
08
2021
accepted:
23
09
2021
entrez:
8
11
2021
pubmed:
9
11
2021
medline:
9
11
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The increased life expectancy for patients with Down Syndrome (DS) has elicited the need to improve their quality of life by enhancing functional outcomes and identifying the factors that contribute to their long-term cognitive decline. Although the majority of individuals with DS have issues with hearing impairment (HI) since early childhood, to our knowledge no study has investigated whether HI represents a potential modulator of cognitive decline over time. The present explorative cohort study, albeit very preliminary due to the limited cohort (17 children), highlights the significant relation of a significant HI not only with receptive language abilities, but also with mental age in young patients with DS. Additional studies are required to confirm the link between HI and mental age and to assess the impact of audiological treatment on the enhancement of functional outcomes and of cognitive decline in individuals with DS.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34746062
doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.752259
pmc: PMC8564471
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
752259Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Saksida, Brotto, Pizzamiglio, Bianco, Bressan, Feresin, Bin and Orzan.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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