Speech Impairment in Boys With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
Prenatal exposure to alcohol can damage the developing fetus and is the leading preventable cause of birth defects and intellectual and neurodevelopmental disabilities. In 1973, fetal alcohol syndrome was first described as a specific cluster of birth defects resulting from alcohol exposure in utero. Subsequently, research unequivocally revealed that prenatal alcohol exposure causes a broad ran...
متن کاملFetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Forty years ago, alcohol was not commonly recognized as a teratogen, an agent that can disrupt the development of a fetus. Today, we understand that prenatal alcohol exposure induces a variety of adverse effects on physical, neurological, and behavioral development. Research supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has contributed to the identification of the ...
متن کاملFetal alCoHol sPeCtruM disorders
Objective: To conduct a combined analysis of the estimated effects of maternal average weekly alcohol consumption, and any binge drinking, in early to mid pregnancy on general intelligence, attention, and executive function in 5-year-old children. Design: Follow-up study. Setting: Neuropsychological testing in four Danish cities 2003–2008. Population: A cohort of 1628 women and their children s...
متن کاملFetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (fasd)
Establishing a unique neurobehavioural profile for people exposed to alcohol in utero would be a tremendous aid in diagnosis, treatment planning and epidemiological research. Epidemiological studies of fetal alcohol syndrome have shown that only one?third of the babies born to mothers who drank heavily during pregnancy presented with full-blown FAS. 2 Moreover, the majority of people who were e...
متن کاملLanguage impairments in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
BACKGROUND Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is associated with a range of disabilities, including physical, behavioural, and cognitive deficits. One specific area of concern in children with FASD is the use and development of speech and language. Language deficits in FASD have been linked to learning problems and social difficulties. OBJECTIVES The current study sought to examine the la...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1058-0360,1558-9110
DOI: 10.1044/2018_ajslp-17-0013