MEDI7212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 87: Peripheral Vision, Cognitive Development, Speech Production
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Low birth weight: prematurity, birth injury, nutrition, chronic illness, vision and/or hearing impairment. Low parental education: parental mental illness, poverty. Assessment: pregnancy and birth hx, growth, accurate measurement of length/ height, weight and head circumference, physiology. Height: weight loss in first few days: 5% 10% of birth weight, return to birth weight: 7 10 days of age, double birth weight: 4 5 months, triple birth weight: 1 year. Weight: average length: 50 cm at birth, 75 cm at 1 year, at age 4 years, the average child is double birth length. Gross motor skills: balance and coordination of large muscle groups, order of development, cranial -> caudal, proximal -> distal, head control -> trunk control -> proximal musculature -> distal musculature. Early development of hand dominance might indicate weakness on the opposite side. Speech production (expressive) & recognition and understanding (receptive: milestones (don"t learn)
