Anna Smith|Omotomilola Bajomo|Deb K. Pal
A meta-analysis of literacy and language in children with rolandic epilepsy
King's College London|King's College London|King's College London
rolandic epilepsy common childhood epilepsy often presenting neuropsychological impairments aim study formally assimilate findings existing studies varying widely methodology thereby confirming nature prevalence impairments literacy languageusing metaanalytical techniques evaluated 22 studies literacy andor language skills children rolandic epilepsy published 2000 among participants iqs70 effect sizes could acquired diagnosis required presence classical centrotemporal spikes arising normal background electroencephalograms clinical history including least one seizure additional neurological condition overall effect size heterogeneity measured singleword reading phonological processing expressive receptive languagemean effect sizes cohens ranged 050 95 confidence interval ci 023078 phonological processing 071 95 ci 052090 word reading 072 95 ci 03411 receptive language 075 95 ci 045105 expressive language group differences reading measures consistent language heterogeneous varied across studies explained age iq samplesthe presence reading phonological processing deficits children rolandic epilepsy highlights importance early literacy language assessment population