Epilepsy- Landau-Kleffner Syndrome
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February 14th, 2012
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What is Landau- Kleffer Syndrome?
- Landau-Kleffner Syndrome is a rare form of childhood epilepsy which results in language difficulties.
- Initially language develops normally, but becomes disrupted and different areas can be affected.
- Students have severe difficutlies with receptive language, requiring a long time to process information.
- Students could have word retrieval difficulties and can get stuck on related words.
- A students language difficulties can deteriorate over time, fluctuate daily, change.
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