Word‐finding difficulties, verbal paraphasias, and verbal dyspraxia in ten individuals with fragile x syndrome

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Abstract
Speech/language disorders are common in the fragile X syndrome. [Howard‐Peebles, 1979: Am J Hom Genet 31:214–222; Renier et al., 1983: J Ment Defic Res 27:51–59; Sparks, 1984: Birth Defects and Speech‐Language Disorders, pp. 39–43; Hanson et al., 1986: Am J Med Genet 23:195–206]. Verbal paraphasias have been considered a rare feature and word‐finding difficulties have seldom been reported. Here we report on ten Brazilian patients who were evaluated for speech/language disturbances and found that word‐finding difficulties were present in 50% of the cases, which is a slightly higher frequency than that of clear dyspraxia. We suggest, therefore, that word‐finding difficulties and verbal dyspraxia can be a common feature within the spectrum of this syndrome. Additional speech findings are discussed.