Amplitude-integrated electroencephalography shows alterations in children born preterm displaying poor literacy precursor skills.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To assess whether amplitude-integrated electroencephalography (aEEG) alterations in the newborn period are associated with poor precursor skills of literacy at five years of age in children born preterm.

Methods

Between October 2007 and September 2011 248 preterm infants were eligible for the study at Innsbruck Medical University Hospital. aEEG was analysed for dominating background activity, calculation of the percentage of continuous activity, the Burdjalov scoring system, the minimum, mean and maximum amplitude. At the age of five years, we evaluated preterm born children by the Bielefelder screening (BISC) to assess for early diagnosis of reading problems and weak spelling and classified them as normal performers (n = 64) or poor performers (n = 20). Completion of te

SUBMITTER: Burger C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6767598 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature