Risk factors associated with delayed language development

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Unit of Phoniatrics-Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Sohag University, Egypt

2 Department of Pediatrics, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.

3 Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Egypt

4 Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Sohag University Hospitals, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt

Abstract

Identifying the risk factors associated with language disorders in Arabic speaking children is important priority to strengthen primary prevention strategies and mandatory for early identification and early intervention. Objective: The aim of this study is to identify risk factors related to delayed language development (DLD). Methods: A case-control study conducted on 592 children attended Phoniatrics clinic and diagnosed as DLD (subjects group). Children with typical language development were recruited from different day cares and schools as a control group (n= 693). Both groups were matched for age, sex, geographic distribution and socio-economic factors. Full history was taken from both groups emphasizing on possible risk factors for DLD. Results: consanguineous marriage, caesarian section, premature delivery, low birth weight, and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia were identified as risk factors for delayed language development. Conclusions: The most consistently identified risk factors among participated cases were consanguinity, cesarean mode of delivery, pre-term, low birth weight, hyperbilirubinemia, and postnatal risk factors language delay.

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