Work

Longitudinal Development of Receptive Vocabulary in Children with Cerebral Palsy and Anarthria: Use of the MacArthur-Bates CDI

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To examine receptive language growth in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and anarthria using a parent-reported measure of vocabulary. METHOD: Scores from 47 children (29 males) with CP and anarthria were obtained from the vocabulary checklists on the MacArthur-Bates Communication Development Inventories (MCDI) and analyzed to examine the distribution of receptive language growth. Linear trajectories of word composite scores were created using a linear-mixed model, incorporating between two and ten data points per child. RESULTS: Three different growth trajectories emerged: approximately 23% grew by 100 or more words per year, 13% grew by 50-100 words per year, and 64% grew by 50 words per year or less. Age-four vocabulary was strongly correlated with rate of increase in vocabulary. CONCLUSION: Receptive vocabulary scores from the MCDI are increasing at a reduced pace for most children with CP and anarthria. More sensitive measures of language assessment are necessary to gain a complete picture of their language ability levels.

Source: Developmental Neurorehabilitation

DOI: 10.1080/17518423.2019.1646829

Authors: Michael Molinaro, Aimee Teo Broman, Paul J. Rathouz, Katherine C. Hustad

Institutions: University of Wisconsin–Madison, The University of Texas at Austin

Language: English

Topic: Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: University of Wisconsin-Madison, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development