Effect of seizures treatment on stuttering severity
Publish place: 19th Annual Congress of Child Neurology
Publish Year: 1398
نوع سند: مقاله کنفرانسی
زبان: English
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تاریخ نمایه سازی: 28 شهریور 1401
Abstract:
Introduction: There are indications that epilepsy may be common in children with stuttering. In this study we examined the effect of anti epileptic drugs in accompany withspeech therapy interventions on severity of stuttering in compare with speech therapy interventions alone. Methods: ۲۰ children with manifestation of stuttering were studied in two groups. All patients underwent EEG recordings during sleep. Group A received anti epileptic drugs and speech therapy intervention and group B received speech therapy intervention alone. Results: Group A had a severity decreasing after ۸ weeks but group B did not show any meaningful change in severity of stuttering.Conclusion: Our data suggest that it is important to evaluating the existence of seizures in children who stutter and accompanying anti epileptic drugs with speech therapyintervention can be useful.
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Habibeh Nejad Biglari
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Afzalipour Hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.