Abstract

SOUZA, Ana Carla Filgueira de Souza e; CASAIS-E-SILVA, Luciana Lyra  and  SENA, Eduardo Pondé de. Description of the linguistic and neurological findings of twins born preterm at two years of age. J. Hum. Growth Dev. [online]. 2019, vol.29, n.3, pp.338-345. ISSN 0104-1282.  https://doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.v29.9529.

INTRODUCTION: Prematurity, low birth weight and multiple births are risk factors for structural changes in the brain, as well as for motor, cognitive, social and language developmental disorders OBJECTIVE: Describe the linguistic findings and investigate the presence of neurological alterations in preterm twins at two years of age METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study based on data analysis of the medical records of six pairs of low birth weight preterm twins of both sexes, at two years of age, attended at the State Center for the Prevention and Rehabilitation of People with Disabilities - CEPRED, in Salvador-Bahia-Brazil. To this end, information regarding birth; the clinical history; the imaging exams; and the speech, neurological and interdisciplinary assessments were collected RESULTS: Preterm twins had atypical language development and neurological changes that may compromise oral language development. From the neurological point of view, abnormalities common to the premature newborn, such as peri-intraventricular hemorrhage, were observed CONCLUSION: Multiple births associated with prematurity and low birth weight may pose risks to children's language acquisition

Keywords : language development; language development disorders; neurodevelopmental disorders; premature birth; twins.

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