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Long-Term Neuromotor Speech Deficits in Survivors of Childhood Posterior Fossa Tumors: Effects of Tumor Type, Radiation, Age at Diagnosis, and Survival Years

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Auteur(s)
  • Joelene F. Huber MD, PhD 1
  • Kim Bradley PhD
  • Brenda Spiegler PhD 2
  • Maureen Dennis PhD 3
Affiliation(s)
  • Department of Pediatrics and University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Hematology/Oncology Program The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, NeuroRehabilitation Program, Bloorview-MacMillan Children's Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Department of Surgery and Psychology University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
Langue(s) du document
Anglais
Revue

Journal of Child Neurology

Éditeur
Sage
Année de publication
2007
Type de publication
Journal
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Other
Résumé

The cerebellum is important for the coordination of fluent speech. The authors studied how childhood cerebellar tumors affect long-term neuromotor speech outcomes, including the relation between outcome and tumor type, radiation, age at diagnosis, and survival years. Videotaped speech samples of child and adult long-term survivors of childhood cerebellar astrocytoma (nonradiated) and medulloblastoma (radiated) tumors and healthy controls were analyzed by 2 speech pathologists for ataxic dysarthria, dysfluency, and speech rate. Ataxia varied with tumor type/radiation. Medulloblastoma survivors had significantly more ataxic dysarthric features than either survivors of astrocytomas or controls, who did not differ from each other. Dysfluency varied with a history of a posterior fossa tumor. Medulloblastoma and astrocytoma survivors were each significantly more dysfluent than controls but did not differ from each other. Speech rate varied with age and tumor type. Adult controls were significantly faster than child controls, although adult tumor survivors were comparable to their child counterparts. Adult controls had significantly faster speech rates than adult survivors of medulloblastoma tumors. Ataxic dysarthric speech characteristics are more frequent in radiated survivors of medulloblastoma tumors than nonradiated survivors of astrocytoma tumors. Dysfluent and slow speech occur in cerebellar tumor survivors, regardless of tumor type and radiation history. Cerebellar tumors in childhood limit speech rate in adulthood.

Mots-clés d'auteur
  • dysarthria
  • medulloblastoma
  • astrocytoma
Catégories WoS
  • 1 - science ; 2 - pediatrics ; 2 - clinical neurology
Catégories Science-Metrix
  • 1 - health sciences ; 2 - clinical medicine ; 3 - neurology & neurosurgery
Catégories Scopus
  • 1 - Health Sciences ; 2 - Medicine ; 3 - Clinical Neurology
  • 1 - Health Sciences ; 2 - Medicine ; 3 - Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Catégories INIST
  • 1 - sciences appliquees, technologies et medecines ; 2 - sciences biologiques et medicales ; 3 - sciences medicales ; 4 - neurologie
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