Specific Language Impairment (SLI) in Children May Caused by Epileptic Brain Activity

Mansoura University Hospital160 enrolled

Overview

The objective of this study was to find if there is a possible association and the impact of epilepsy and epileptiform activity in children with SLI.

This study concentrates on the impact of epileptiform activity for childhood epilepsy on the speech and language disturbances in addition to the associated social, cognitive and intellectual dysfunctions.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

160

Conditions

Specific Language Impairment

Interventions

EEG was recorded by EEG MachinesDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

EEG was recorded by EEG Machines

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 3 YearsMax age: 6 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 80 children were suffering from specific language impairment * 80 healthy children with age and sex match control group. Exclusion Criteria: * Previous history of perinatal hypoxic-ischemic damage * meningitis or encephalitis * motor weakness * hearing disorders * IQ below seventy * CP, social deprivation * autism and * psychiatric disorders .

Locations (1)

Mansoura University Hospital

Al Mansurah, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

EEGs finding

EEGs finding were defined according to the followings "Normal: within the range of frequency and amplitude distribution." "Epileptiform: Describes transient background activity with a characteristic spikes, sharp waves, spike-slow wave or sharp-slow wave complexes of focal or generalized distribution". "Abnormal non-epileptiform: deviations from normal in terms of background frequency patterns, usually in the form of excessive slow activity".

Time frame: 24-48 hours

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