Adriana Lopez|Tatiana M. Lanzieri|Angelika H. Claussen|Sherry Vinson|Marie Turcich|Isabella Iovino|Robert G. Voigt|A. Chantal Caviness|Jerry A. Miller|W. Daniel Williamson|Craig M. Hales|Stephanie R. Bialek|Gail J. Demmler-Harrison
Intelligence and Academic Achievement With Asymptomatic Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection
Baylor College of Medicine|Baylor College of Medicine|Baylor College of Medicine|Baylor College of Medicine|Baylor College of Medicine|Baylor College of Medicine|Baylor College of Medicine|Baylor College of Medicine
objectives examine intelligence language academic achievement 18 years age among children congenital cytomegalovirus infection identified hospitalbased newborn screening asymptomatic birth compared uninfected infants methods used growth curve modeling analyze trends iq fullscale verbal nonverbal intelligence receptive expressive vocabulary academic achievement math reading separate models fit outcome modeling change overall scores increasing age patients normal hearing n 78 sensorineural hearing loss snhl diagnosed 2 years age n 11 controls n 40 results patients snhl fullscale intelligence receptive vocabulary scores 70 131 points lower respectively compared controls significant differences noted scores among patients normal hearing controls significant differences noted scores verbal nonverbal intelligence expressive vocabulary academic achievement math reading among patients normal hearing snhl controls conclusions infants asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection identified newborn screening normal hearing age 2 years appear differences iq vocabulary academic achievement scores childhood adolescence compared uninfected children