Lauren M. McGrath|Christa Hutaff?Lee|Ashley Scott|Richard Boada|Lawrence D. Shriberg|Bruce F. Pennington
Children with Comorbid Speech Sound Disorder and Specific Language Impairment are at Increased Risk for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
University of Denver|University of Denver|University of Denver|University of Colorado Health|University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Denver
study focuses comorbidity attentiondeficithyperactivity disorder adhd symptoms speech sound disorder ssd ssd developmental disorder characterized speech production errors impact intelligibility previous research addressing comorbidity typically used heterogeneous groups speechlanguage disordered children study employed precise speechlanguage diagnostic criteria examined adhd symptomatology 108 ssd children ages 4 7 years old specific language impairment sli n 23 14 males 9 females without sli n 85 49 males 36 females also examined whether subcategory ssd persistent n 39 25 males 14 females versus normalized ssd n 67 38 males 29 females associated adhd andor interacted sli predict adhd symptomatology results indicated participants ssd sli group higher rates inattentive adhd symptoms ssdonly control groups addition unexpected interaction emerged children sli normalizedssd significantly higher adhd inattentive ratings subgroups proposed explanation interaction discussed