Longitudinal Growth in Intelligibility of Connected Speech From 2 to 8 Years in Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Novel Bayesian Approach.

ABSTRACT: Aim The aim of the study was to examine longitudinal growth in intelligibility in connected speech from 2 to 8 years of age in children with cerebral palsy. Method Sixty-five children with cerebral palsy participated in the longitudinal study. Children were classified into speech-language profile groups using age-4 data: no speech motor impairment (SMI), SMI with typical language comprehension, and SMI with impaired language comprehension. We fit a Bayesian nonlinear mixed-effects model of intelligibility growth at the child and group levels. We compared groups by age of steepest growth, maximum growth rate, and predicted intelligibility at 8 years of age. Results The no SMI group showed earlier and steeper intelligibility growth and higher average outcomes compared to the SMI groups. The

SUBMITTER: Mahr TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7890228 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature