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Oral language disorders and enuresis in children
Thelma Kilinsky Birenbaum1, Maria Claudia Cunha
1Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. thel29@attglobal.net
Background:
Co-occurrence of oral language disorders and enuresis in children.
Aim:
To identify and analyze the relationship between instances of oral language disorders and enuresis in children.
Method:
Clinical, quantitative and qualitative study, with a descriptive/interpretative outline, presented through two distinct situations. "Situation 1" refers to a group of 120 children between 3:0 and 10:0 years old, independently of gender and age, from a philanthropic Institution in Greater São Paulo. "Situation 2" refers specifically to the evaluation of children who have oral language disorders and enuresis.
Results:
Results indicated that enuretic children present a higher percentage of oral language disorders when compared to non-enuretic children, especially phonological disorders and talking very little. These results support the studies on co-occurrence of enuresis and oral language disorders, presented in papers that attribute a bio-psychic etiology to this co-morbidity.
Conclusion:
Results indicated a relationship between enuresis and oral language disorders. Considering the interactions among language, body and psyche, it is suggested that speech therapists, when dealing with oral language disorders in children, also investigate the acquisition of their bladder sphincter control, in a bio-psychical approach.
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