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Some correlates of language deterioration in severely and profoundly retarded long-term institutionalized residents. 1979

J L Phillips, and E E Balthazar

Progress or deterioration in language use was observed in two samples of retarded institutionalized residents. One sample was observed twice, and the other three times, at 5-year intervals. We coded change in language use as noncommunicating, regressed irregular, stable, or progressed. Change in language use was found to be related to two indicators of intellectual capacity. Central nervous system involvement may play a part in irregular or totally absent communication. Institutional policies regarding transfer of residents also affect the apparent language deficit in longer-term residents.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007326	Institutionalization	The caring for individuals in institutions and their adaptation to routines characteristic of the institutional environment, and/or their loss of adaptation to life outside the institution.	Institutionalized Persons,Institutionalizations,Institutionalized Person,Person, Institutionalized,Persons, Institutionalized
D007360	Intelligence	The ability to learn and to deal with new situations and to deal effectively with tasks involving abstractions.
D007802	Language	A verbal or nonverbal means of communicating ideas or feelings.	Dialect,Dialects,Languages
D007804	Language Development	The gradual expansion in complexity and meaning of symbols and sounds as perceived and interpreted by the individual through a maturational and learning process. Stages in development include babbling, cooing, word imitation with cognition, and use of short sentences.	Language Acquisition,Acquisition, Language,Development, Language
D008297	Male		Males
D008607	Intellectual Disability	Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period. This has multiple potential etiologies, including genetic defects and perinatal insults. Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores are commonly used to determine whether an individual has an intellectual disability. IQ scores between 70 and 79 are in the borderline range. Scores below 67 are in the disabled range. (from Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, p28)	Disability, Intellectual,Idiocy,Mental Retardation,Retardation, Mental,Deficiency, Mental,Intellectual Development Disorder,Mental Deficiency,Mental Retardation, Psychosocial,Deficiencies, Mental,Development Disorder, Intellectual,Development Disorders, Intellectual,Disabilities, Intellectual,Disorder, Intellectual Development,Disorders, Intellectual Development,Intellectual Development Disorders,Intellectual Disabilities,Mental Deficiencies,Mental Retardations, Psychosocial,Psychosocial Mental Retardation,Psychosocial Mental Retardations,Retardation, Psychosocial Mental,Retardations, Psychosocial Mental
D009155	Mutism	The inability to generate oral-verbal expression, despite normal comprehension of speech. This may be associated with BRAIN DISEASES or MENTAL DISORDERS. Organic mutism may be associated with damage to the FRONTAL LOBE; BRAIN STEM; THALAMUS; and CEREBELLUM. Selective mutism is a psychological condition that usually affects children characterized by continuous refusal to speak in social situations by a child who is able and willing to speak to selected persons. Kussmal aphasia refers to mutism in psychosis. (From Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 1994; 62(9):337-44)	Kussmaul Aphasia,Selective Mutism,Kussmaul's Aphasia,Mutism, Conversion,Mutism, Elective,Mutism, Organic,Mutism, Selective,Mutism, Voluntary,Aphasia, Kussmaul,Aphasia, Kussmaul's,Conversion Mutism,Conversion Mutisms,Elective Mutism,Elective Mutisms,Kussmauls Aphasia,Mutisms,Mutisms, Conversion,Mutisms, Elective,Mutisms, Organic,Mutisms, Voluntary,Organic Mutism,Organic Mutisms,Voluntary Mutism,Voluntary Mutisms
D002493	Central Nervous System Diseases	Diseases of any component of the brain (including the cerebral hemispheres, diencephalon, brain stem, and cerebellum) or the spinal cord.	CNS Disease,Central Nervous System Disease,Central Nervous System Disorder,CNS Diseases,Central Nervous System Disorders
D005260	Female		Females
D005868	Gestures	Movement of a part of the body for the purpose of communication.	Gesture