Preoperative word-finding difficulties in children with posterior fossa tumours: a European cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Posterior fossa tumour surgery in children entails a high risk for severe speech and language impairments, but few studies have investigated the effect of the tumour on language prior to surgery. The current crosslinguistic study addresses this gap. We investigated the prevalence of preoperative word-finding difficulties, examined associations with medical and demographic characteristics, and analysed lexical errors.

Methods

We included 148 children aged 5-17 years with a posterior fossa tumour. Word-finding ability was assessed by means of a picture-naming test, Wordrace, and difficulties in accuracy and speed were identified by cut-off values. A norm-based subanalysis evaluated performance in a Swedish subsample. We compared the demographic and medical characterist

SUBMITTER: Persson K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10761395 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature