Reduced language abilities in adolescents who snore
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Reduced language abilities in adolescents who snore.
Polysomnographic assessment of 20 adolescents who were referred to hospital for loud and frequent snoring showed they suffered from obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Their apneas and desaturation rates (SaO(2)) were abnormal in comparison with the non-snoring adolescents, who served as their controls. The snoring group obtained lower scores on phonemic and semantic tests and had lower ma...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0887-6177
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2006.12.008