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. 2020 Aug 12;63(9):2880–2893. doi: 10.1044/2020_JSLHR-20-00181

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants.

Characteristic NSMI (n = 22) SMI-LCT (n = 31) SMI-LCI (n = 12)
Male/female ratio 17:5 11:20 6:6
No. of visits, M (SD) 8.7 (2.0) 8.0 (2.2) 6.2 (2.2)
No. of visits, Mdn 8.5 8.0 5.5
Age at first visit (months), M (SD) 41 (8) 43 (10) 53 (15)
Age at last visit (months), M (SD) 88 (10) 88 (10) 86 (9)
GMFCS (Palisano et al., 1997)
 I 19 14 5
 II 3 4 1
 III 0 5 1
 IV 0 7 3
 V 0 1 0
 (Missing) 0 0 2
CP type
 Spastic
  Diplegia 6 6 1
  Hemiplegia (left) 9 4 1
  Hemiplegia (right) 4 8 3
  Triplegia 0 1 1
  Quadriplegia 0 5 1
  Unknown 1 1 0
 Dyskinetic 0 1 0
 Ataxic 1 3 1
 Mixed 0 0 1
 Hypotonic 0 1 0
 Unknown 1 1 3

Note. NSMI = no speech motor impairment; SMI-LCT = speech motor impairment with typical language comprehension; SMI-LCI = speech motor impairment with impaired language comprehension; GMFCS = gross motor function classification system; CP = cerebral palsy.