Cortical connectivity in speech and sensory networks associated with childrens' listening and attention disorders.

ABSTRACT: Children with neurodevelopmental disorders have a high rate of listening difficulties, but despite decades of research, the relation between these conditions remains unclear. Using resting state fMRI to image the child's brain noninvasively, we investigate the distribution of speech, non-speech 'sound', and visual processing networks in the forebrain, and examine a cross-section of age differences within these networks in children (6-14 years old) with normal hearing, including typically developing children, children with listening difficulties (LiD), and children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Relative to typically developing children, a reduction in functional connectivity of the speech network was found in children with LiD. No reduction was found in connections p

SUBMITTER: Stewart HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12633567 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature