Early Predictors and Correlates of Communication Function in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker; Jaime Slaughter; Purni Abeysekara; Nhan T. Ho; Nancy Dodge; Edward A. Hurvitz; Marilyn Seif Workinger; Ray D. Kent; Peter Rosenbaum; Madeleine Lenski; Suzette Báez Vanderbeek; Steven DeRoos; Nigel Paneth

doi:10.1177/0883073817754006

Early Predictors and Correlates of Communication Function in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker, Jaime Slaughter, Purni Abeysekara, Nhan T. Ho, Nancy Dodge, Edward A. Hurvitz, Marilyn Seif Workinger, Ray D. Kent, Peter Rosenbaum, Madeleine Lenski, Suzette Báez Vanderbeek, Steven DeRoos, Nigel Paneth

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Birth characteristics and developmental milestones were evaluated as early predictors/correlates of communication in children with cerebral palsy. The hypothesis was that maternal report of child’s age for vocal play and first words would predict current functional communication. A case series of 215 children, 2 to 17 years (mean age = 8.2 years, SD = 3.9) with cerebral palsy was recruited from medical practices in 3 Michigan cities. Early developmental data were collected by maternal interview. The child’s Communication Function Classification System (CFCS) level was obtained from parent. Predictors of less functional communication included gestational age >32 weeks, number of comorbidities, age of first words after age 24 months, and use of communication methods other than speech. Several birth characteristics and developmental language milestones were predictive of later communication performance for children with cerebral palsy. These characteristics and milestones should trigger referrals for communication evaluations, including speech, language, hearing, and/or augmentative and alternative communication.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	275-285
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Child Neurology
Volume	33
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0883073817754006
State	Published - Mar 1 2018

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Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported in part by NIH NINDS grant R01NS055101 to Nigel Paneth. Editorial assistance was supported by Mountain West CTR-IN to MJCH, funded by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health: 5U54GM104944.

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© 2018, © The Author(s) 2018.

Keywords

Communication Function Classification System (CFCS)
Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)
Manual Ability Classification System (MAC)
cerebral palsy
communication milestone

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Clinical Neurology

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Hidecker, M. J. C., Slaughter, J., Abeysekara, P., Ho, N. T., Dodge, N., Hurvitz, E. A., Workinger, M. S., Kent, R. D., Rosenbaum, P., Lenski, M., Vanderbeek, S. B., DeRoos, S., & Paneth, N. (2018). Early Predictors and Correlates of Communication Function in Children With Cerebral Palsy. Journal of Child Neurology, 33(4), 275-285. https://doi.org/10.1177/0883073817754006

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