Pattern of Learning Disabilities in ELBW Children

Abstract

The prevalence and pattern of specific learning disabilities (LD) in neurologically normal children with extremely low birth weight (ELBW) (<800 g) and average intelligence were compared with full-term children with normal birth weight in a study at the British Columbia Research Institute for Children’s and Women’s Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

Keywords

• learning disabilities
• extremely low birth weight
• visual-motor