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communication disorder

MedGen UID:
3549
Concept ID:
C0009460
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Communication Disorder; Communication Disorders; Communicative Disorder; Communicative Disorders
SNOMED CT: Communication disorder (278919001)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002182

Definition

A disorder characterized by an individual''s inability to comprehend or share ideas or feelings because of an impairment in language, speech, or hearing. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

de Lima TA, Zuanetti PA, Nunes MEN, Hamad APA
World J Pediatr 2023 Aug;19(8):715-726. Epub 2022 Oct 25 doi: 10.1007/s12519-022-00629-y. PMID: 36282408
Lieberman A
Am J Speech Lang Pathol 2018 Feb 6;27(1):13-23. doi: 10.1044/2017_AJSLP-16-0149. PMID: 29383378
Simms MD, Jin XM
Pediatr Rev 2015 Aug;36(8):355-62; quiz 363. doi: 10.1542/pir.36-8-355. PMID: 26232465

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Lin FR, Pike JR, Albert MS, Arnold M, Burgard S, Chisolm T, Couper D, Deal JA, Goman AM, Glynn NW, Gmelin T, Gravens-Mueller L, Hayden KM, Huang AR, Knopman D, Mitchell CM, Mosley T, Pankow JS, Reed NS, Sanchez V, Schrack JA, Windham BG, Coresh J; ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group
Lancet 2023 Sep 2;402(10404):786-797. Epub 2023 Jul 18 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01406-X. PMID: 37478886Free PMC Article
Togher L, Douglas J, Turkstra LS, Welch-West P, Janzen S, Harnett A, Kennedy M, Kua A, Patsakos E, Ponsford J, Teasell R, Bayley MT, Wiseman-Hakes C
J Head Trauma Rehabil 2023 Jan-Feb 01;38(1):65-82. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000835. PMID: 36594860
de Lima TA, Zuanetti PA, Nunes MEN, Hamad APA
World J Pediatr 2023 Aug;19(8):715-726. Epub 2022 Oct 25 doi: 10.1007/s12519-022-00629-y. PMID: 36282408
Palmer R, Dimairo M, Latimer N, Cross E, Brady M, Enderby P, Bowen A, Julious S, Harrison M, Alshreef A, Bradley E, Bhadhuri A, Chater T, Hughes H, Witts H, Herbert E, Cooper C
Health Technol Assess 2020 Apr;24(19):1-176. doi: 10.3310/hta24190. PMID: 32369007Free PMC Article
Mandy W, Wang A, Lee I, Skuse D
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2017 Oct;58(10):1166-1175. Epub 2017 Jul 25 doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12785. PMID: 28741680

Diagnosis

Lin FR, Pike JR, Albert MS, Arnold M, Burgard S, Chisolm T, Couper D, Deal JA, Goman AM, Glynn NW, Gmelin T, Gravens-Mueller L, Hayden KM, Huang AR, Knopman D, Mitchell CM, Mosley T, Pankow JS, Reed NS, Sanchez V, Schrack JA, Windham BG, Coresh J; ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group
Lancet 2023 Sep 2;402(10404):786-797. Epub 2023 Jul 18 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01406-X. PMID: 37478886Free PMC Article
de Lima TA, Zuanetti PA, Nunes MEN, Hamad APA
World J Pediatr 2023 Aug;19(8):715-726. Epub 2022 Oct 25 doi: 10.1007/s12519-022-00629-y. PMID: 36282408
Palmer R, Dimairo M, Latimer N, Cross E, Brady M, Enderby P, Bowen A, Julious S, Harrison M, Alshreef A, Bradley E, Bhadhuri A, Chater T, Hughes H, Witts H, Herbert E, Cooper C
Health Technol Assess 2020 Apr;24(19):1-176. doi: 10.3310/hta24190. PMID: 32369007Free PMC Article
Baird G, Norbury CF
Arch Dis Child 2016 Aug;101(8):745-51. Epub 2015 Dec 23 doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306944. PMID: 26699538
Simms MD, Jin XM
Pediatr Rev 2015 Aug;36(8):355-62; quiz 363. doi: 10.1542/pir.36-8-355. PMID: 26232465

Therapy

Cordier R, Parsons L, Wilkes-Gillan S, Cook M, McCloskey-Martinez M, Graham P, Littlefair D, Kent C, Speyer R
PLoS One 2023;18(12):e0295917. Epub 2023 Dec 14 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0295917. PMID: 38096327Free PMC Article
Lin FR, Pike JR, Albert MS, Arnold M, Burgard S, Chisolm T, Couper D, Deal JA, Goman AM, Glynn NW, Gmelin T, Gravens-Mueller L, Hayden KM, Huang AR, Knopman D, Mitchell CM, Mosley T, Pankow JS, Reed NS, Sanchez V, Schrack JA, Windham BG, Coresh J; ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group
Lancet 2023 Sep 2;402(10404):786-797. Epub 2023 Jul 18 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01406-X. PMID: 37478886Free PMC Article
Lei H
Occup Ther Int 2022;2022:6124778. Epub 2022 Jul 9 doi: 10.1155/2022/6124778. PMID: 35854942Free PMC Article
Palmer R, Dimairo M, Latimer N, Cross E, Brady M, Enderby P, Bowen A, Julious S, Harrison M, Alshreef A, Bradley E, Bhadhuri A, Chater T, Hughes H, Witts H, Herbert E, Cooper C
Health Technol Assess 2020 Apr;24(19):1-176. doi: 10.3310/hta24190. PMID: 32369007Free PMC Article
Watson N, Ding B, Zhu X, Frisina RD
Ageing Res Rev 2017 Nov;40:142-148. Epub 2017 Oct 7 doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2017.10.002. PMID: 29017893Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Thom RP, Keary CJ, Kramer G, Nowinski LA, McDougle CJ
Harv Rev Psychiatry 2020 May/Jun;28(3):159-178. doi: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000257. PMID: 32404741
Sohlberg MM, MacDonald S, Byom L, Iwashita H, Lemoncello R, Meulenbroek P, Ness B, O'Neil-Pirozzi TM
Int J Speech Lang Pathol 2019 Apr;21(2):115-127. Epub 2019 Apr 7 doi: 10.1080/17549507.2019.1583280. PMID: 30957561
Meulenbroek P, Ness B, Lemoncello R, Byom L, MacDonald S, O'Neil-Pirozzi TM, Moore Sohlberg M
Int J Speech Lang Pathol 2019 Apr;21(2):128-142. Epub 2019 Apr 8 doi: 10.1080/17549507.2019.1583281. PMID: 30955383
Hewetson R, Cornwell P, Shum D
Top Stroke Rehabil 2017 Jul;24(5):330-336. Epub 2017 Feb 20 doi: 10.1080/10749357.2017.1289622. PMID: 28218007
Simms MD, Jin XM
Pediatr Rev 2015 Aug;36(8):355-62; quiz 363. doi: 10.1542/pir.36-8-355. PMID: 26232465

Clinical prediction guides

Lin FR, Pike JR, Albert MS, Arnold M, Burgard S, Chisolm T, Couper D, Deal JA, Goman AM, Glynn NW, Gmelin T, Gravens-Mueller L, Hayden KM, Huang AR, Knopman D, Mitchell CM, Mosley T, Pankow JS, Reed NS, Sanchez V, Schrack JA, Windham BG, Coresh J; ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group
Lancet 2023 Sep 2;402(10404):786-797. Epub 2023 Jul 18 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01406-X. PMID: 37478886Free PMC Article
Wyszomirska J, Martyniak E, Bąk-Sosnowska M
Psychiatr Pol 2020 Aug 31;54(4):687-700. doi: 10.12740/PP/OnlineFirst/110142. PMID: 33386721
Palmer R, Dimairo M, Latimer N, Cross E, Brady M, Enderby P, Bowen A, Julious S, Harrison M, Alshreef A, Bradley E, Bhadhuri A, Chater T, Hughes H, Witts H, Herbert E, Cooper C
Health Technol Assess 2020 Apr;24(19):1-176. doi: 10.3310/hta24190. PMID: 32369007Free PMC Article
Meulenbroek P, Ness B, Lemoncello R, Byom L, MacDonald S, O'Neil-Pirozzi TM, Moore Sohlberg M
Int J Speech Lang Pathol 2019 Apr;21(2):128-142. Epub 2019 Apr 8 doi: 10.1080/17549507.2019.1583281. PMID: 30955383
Norbury CF
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2014 Mar;55(3):204-16. Epub 2013 Oct 9 doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12154. PMID: 24117874

Recent systematic reviews

Cordier R, Parsons L, Wilkes-Gillan S, Cook M, McCloskey-Martinez M, Graham P, Littlefair D, Kent C, Speyer R
PLoS One 2023;18(12):e0295917. Epub 2023 Dec 14 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0295917. PMID: 38096327Free PMC Article
de Beer C, Wartenburger I, Huttenlauch C, Hanne S
J Commun Disord 2023 Jan-Feb;101:106298. Epub 2023 Jan 7 doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2022.106298. PMID: 36623377
Aldridge D, Cahill L, Theodoros D
Int J Speech Lang Pathol 2023 Apr;25(2):306-316. Epub 2022 Apr 26 doi: 10.1080/17549507.2022.2055142. PMID: 35473488
Finch E, Copley A, Cornwell P, Kelly C
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2016 Aug;97(8):1352-65. Epub 2015 Dec 8 doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2015.11.005. PMID: 26679234
Bennett JA, Germani T, Haqq AM, Zwaigenbaum L
Am J Med Genet A 2015 Dec;167A(12):2936-44. Epub 2015 Aug 29 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.37286. PMID: 26331980

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