The neuropsychological and behavioural sequelae of children with myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus
| dc.contributor.author | O'Connor, Martina | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Joschko, Michael | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-11-12T19:39:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-11-12T19:39:34Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 1989 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-11-12 | |
| dc.degree.department | Department of Psychology | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Doctor of Philosophy Ph.D. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Thirty-six myelomeningocele children with hydrocephalus (between 9-16 years of age) were evaluated on a battery of neuropsychological tests and behavioural measures. The children obtained a FSIQ on the WISC-R of greater than 60 and all were attending school on a regular basis. Results showed that the myelomeningocele children, as a group, performed as well as the normative sample on measures of auditory comprehension, fine motor speed, accuracy on a visuomotor speeded task, stereognosis, and single-word reading. Although there was substantial variability within the myelomeningocele sample in terms of level of cognitive performance, as a group, with the exception of the above mentioned measures, they performed below the level expected for their age on the remaining measures in the neuropsychological test battery (83.63% of tests administered). | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Graduate | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5726 | |
| dc.language | English | eng |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.rights.temp | Available to the World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.subject | Myelomeningocele | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hydrocephalus | en_US |
| dc.subject | neuropsychological tests | en_US |
| dc.subject | children | en_US |
| dc.title | The neuropsychological and behavioural sequelae of children with myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |