Voice, speech and language characteristics of children with Prader-Willi syndrome

• Eleven individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), aged between 4 and 25 years, were compared with II non-PWS children of the same sex, age, body mass index and IQ level. Voice, speech and language skills were generally impaired in subjects with PWS. Oral motor function, pitch level and resonance were specifically disordered and clearly differentiated the two groups from each other. Certain biological perinatal factors separated subjects with PWS from other obese children and adolescents, but did not differentiate within the group with PWS and could not account for the speech/language problems. Underlying cerebral dysfunction, combined with a characteristic anatomy of the mouth and larynx in PWS, contributes to altered voice, speech and language function.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Psykiatri (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Psychiatry (hsv//eng)

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Adolescent

Adult Body Mass Index

Chi-Square Distribution

Child

Child

Preschool

Evoked Potentials

Auditory

Brain Stem

Female

Humans

Intelligence

Language Disorders

Diagnosis

Male

Prader-Willi Syndrome

Speech Disorders

Diagnosis

Speech Perception

Voice Disorders

Diagnosis

Voice Quality

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