乳児院の2症例におけるコミュニケーションの問題について
1992 年 13 巻 1 号 p. 38-42
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1992 年 13 巻 1 号 p. 38-42
The language development of two infants with organic brain disorders who stayed at a sucklinghospital, and language development of 50 children in the same hospital, were reported.
The first boy showed so-called battered child symdrome. When he was one month old, he wasfound to have cranial bones fracture, contusion of the brain, and cerebral hemorrhage. The brainCT scan revealed a lesion including Broca and Wernicke areas, and his physical and communicativedevelopment on the whole was delayed. After he was gave communicative counselins with his caretakers, and better bringing up, his language DQ improved from 69.2 to 87.5. The second boy hadmild hearing loss, and autistic tendencies. When his mother was 13 years old, he was born after anincestual relationship. He developed neither language nor social interaction. After counseling insocial and hearing skills, his language DQ improved from 50 to 87.5. The average language DQ of 50 children in the same hospital at the time of leaving became better than at entering. Languagedevelopment was still delayed.
