Landau-Kleffner Syndrome article

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Just read this on Twitter...I know that LKS can affect speech due to the

seizures, but " language comprehension " ? It's so difficult to access receptive

ability with a communication impairment -how do they know. Parents here who

have kids with LKS- agree/disagree?

Oh and PS -Dr. a Tallal actually told me there is no 100% accurate receptive

test for a verbal impaired individual.

Landau-Kleffner Syndrome - Rare Disorder that Affects Speech and Language

Comprehension in Children http://bit.ly/1i5Wdj

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[Guest guest]

When it was suspected my son had LKS I researched it a lot. LKS and

other seizure disorders can also cause aphasia (epileptic aphasia)

which certainly do impact language. Damage to Broca's Area or seizure

activity in that area in particular can cause both apraxia and

aphasia. These have all been suspected issues for my son who in

addition to apraxia has language issues.

Miche

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 11:20 AM, kiddietalk <kiddietalk@...> wrote:

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>

> Just read this on Twitter...I know that LKS can affect speech due to the

> seizures, but " language comprehension " ? It's so difficult to access

> receptive ability with a communication impairment -how do they know. Parents

> here who have kids with LKS- agree/disagree?

>

> Oh and PS -Dr. a Tallal actually told me there is no 100% accurate

> receptive test for a verbal impaired individual.

>

> Landau-Kleffner Syndrome - Rare Disorder that Affects Speech and Language

> Comprehension in Children http://bit.ly/1i5Wdj