Language impairment

Another gene-related disease is known as specific language impairment (SLI) where individuals with general intelligence have lowered linguistic ability. SLI is believed to be related to a gene found on chromosome 7. 

Autism is an interesting model for the study of consciousness. The combination of social isolation, language impairment and restricted, repetitive interests and behaviours together with idiosyncratic patterns in attention, concentration and interpersonal behaviour offer opportunities for the exploration of certain aspects of consciousness ... 

Nicoison, R., Lenane, M., Singaracharlu, S., Malaspina, D., Giedd, J.N., Hamburger, S.D., Gochman, P., Bedwell, J., Thaker, G.K., Fernandez, T, Wudarsky, M., Hommer, D.W., and Rapoport, J.L. (2000c) Premorbid speech and language impairments in childhood-onset schizophrenia association with risk factors. Am J Psychiatry 157 794-800. 

Frontotemporal dementia (LTD) is one of the common forms of primary degenerative dementias after Alzheimer s disease and can affect presenile individuals. It is a clinically heterogeneous disorder characterized by alterations in language and/or behavior. Rarely it may be associated with Parkinsonism or amyotrophy. Depending on the initial and core clinical feature FID is further classified into primary progressive aphasia (PPA) when language impairment is the initial and core... 

Bishop, D. V., Individual differences in handeness and specific speech and language impairment Evidence against a genetic link, Behav. Genet. 31 189 198(2001). 

Several aspects affect the extent and character of taste and smell. People differ considerably in sensitivity and appreciation of smell and taste, and there is lack of a common language to describe smell and taste experiences. A hereditary or genetic factor may cause a variation between individual reactions, eg, phenylthiourea causes a bitter taste sensation which may not be perceptible to certain people whose general abiUty to distinguish other tastes is not noticeably impaired (17). The variation of pH in saUva, which acts as a buffer and the charge carrier for the depolarization of the taste cell, may influence the perception of acidity differently in people (15,18). Enzymes in saUva can cause rapid chemical changes in basic food ingredients, such as proteins and carbohydrates, with variable effects on the individual. 

VS blood pressure 128/62 mm Hg supine, pulse 77 beats per minute, respiratory rate 15/minutes, temperature 37°C (98.6°F) Gen Poorly-groomed, thin woman looks stated age Neuro Folstein Mini Mental Status Exam score 16/30 disoriented to month, date, and day of week, clinic name and floor poor registration with impaired attention and shortterm memory recalled 0 out of 3 items good language skills but problems with commands CT Scan Mild to moderate generalized cerebral atrophy... 

Aphasia Impairment of language affecting the ability to speak and understand speech. 

Dementia generally involves an impairment in (1) memoiy and other cogntive abilities and (2) social and occupational functioning. The Diagnostic and Statisticai Manuai ofMentai Disorders (DSM-IV) defines dementia as a persistent deficit in memory and at least one other area of cognitive function language, praxis, object recognition, or executive... 

Impaired concentration, speech or language problems, and confusion (effects on thought processes). 

Patients with adult-onset schizophrenia have been shown to have subtle but demonstrable impairments in premorbid language as well as in motor and social development (Davies et ah, 1998), and a poor outcome in schizophrenia is correlated with more pronounced early developmental abnormalities. Several independent studies have found that very early-onset schizophrenia is associated with similar but more pronounced abnormalities (Watkins et ah, 1988 Alaghband-Rad et ah, 1995 Holhs, 1995). 

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