Worster-Drought Syndrome
An information sheet explains about Worster-Drought Syndrome and what it could mean for your child. It also gives suggestions for how you can ensure the best treatment and support for your child.
By: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
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Worster-Drought syndrome: poorly recognised despite severe and persistent difficulties with feeding and speech.
By: MARIA CLARK | REBECCA HARRIS | NICOLA JOLLEFF | KATIE PRICE | BRIAN GR NEVILLE
Worster-Drought syndrome (WDS), or congenital suprabulbar paresis, is a permanent movement disorder of the bulbarmuscles causing persistent difficulties with swallowing, feeding, speech, and saliva control owing to a non-progressive disturbance in early brain development. As such, it falls within the cerebral palsies. The aim of this study was to describe the physical and neuropsychological profiles of children with WDS.
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The Worster-Drought Syndrome
By Dr. Maria Clark
A review for parents of the research carried out by The Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital.
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The role of augmentative communication to support unclear speech.
By Dr. Maria Clark
The technology available can sometimes seem as if it can solve more difficulties than it actually can. Their use is very complex, and even children who learn new things quickly and are already good communicators with signing or printed symbols sometimes take a long while to remember where all the vocabulary is stored, or how to build a sentence…
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The Worster-Drought Syndrome – A severe test of paediatric neurodisability services?
By Brian Neville Professor of Paediatric Neurology, Institute of Child Health, London.
Paediatric neurodisability services are delivered by a multi-disciplinary team which has close working relationships with other paediatric medical specialities. That bland statement may conceal a lack of integrated practice able to cope with the common problems encountered in children with multiple impairments.
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Worster-Drought Syndrome
By Brian Neville – Professor of Paediatric Neurology, Institute of Child Health, London.
This condition is a form of cerebral palsy. The main problems occur with the mouth, tongue and swallowing muscles as a result of the bulbar muscles being affected.
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