AIMS Results from a previous study indicated that children with Rolandic epilepsy (RE) exhibit abnormalities of oromotor and dichotic listening performance. The current study aimed to investigate whether the same individuals, 10 years later, still exhibited differences between the groups. Earlier literature suggests that children with RE normalize after remission and as they become adults. More recent studies have, on the contrary, suggested that there is a risk for residual oromotor and language deficits after remission. METHODS Eleven young adults with RE and 9 matched controls were retested 10 years after participating in a study investigating oromotor ability, articulation, dichotic listening ability, and phonological and semantic word retrieval. RESULTS Results of this longitudinal study indicated that there was a persistent, albeit reduced, difference between the groups, after remission, in dichotic listening and, to some extent, oromotor performance. Articulation and word retrieval did not differ between the groups. CONCLUSION Young adults with previous RE in childhood have a moderate risk for persistent difficulties in verbal perception and oromotor performance.

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既往患有 Rolandic 癫痫症的年轻人的口运动、单词检索和二元听力表现

AIMS 之前的一项研究结果表明，患有 Rolandic 癫痫 (RE) 的儿童表现出口腔运动和双声道听力表现异常。目前的研究旨在调查 10 年后相同的个体是否仍然表现出组间差异。早期的文献表明，RE 儿童在缓解后和成年后会正常化。相反，最近的研究表明，缓解后存在残留口运动和语言缺陷的风险。方法 11 名患有 RE 的年轻人和 9 名匹配的对照组在参与一项调查运动能力、发音、双耳听音能力以及语音和语义单词检索的研究后 10 年被重新测试。结果 这项纵向研究的结果表明，存在持续的，尽管有所减少，在缓解后，两组之间的差异在二元听力和在一定程度上的口运动表现上。各组之间的发音和单词检索没有差异。结论 童年时期曾患过 RE 的年轻人在言语感知和口部运动表现方面存在持续困难的中等风险。