Traditionally these domains include (a) motor (fine and gross motor skills), (b) communication (receptive and expressive language), (c) cognition (problem solving skills), (d) adaptive competence (dressing, eating, toileting), and (e) personal-social competence [ 56, 57].
Using Stata 12.0 (College Station, TX), we created separate linear regression models to assess the association between the outcomes of fine motor, gross motor, cognitive, expressive communication and receptive communication z-scores with TatCC as the primary exposure variable of interest.
These domains included receptive communication, expressive communication, social skills, joint attention behaviors, fine motor, gross motor, imitation, cognition, play skills, behavior and personal independence (eating, dressing, grooming, chores).
Trained research assistants visited the home to administer the Preschool Language Scale (PLS-4), 29 a widely used measure that yields norm referenced scores for auditory comprehension (receptive communication) and expressive communication (our primary outcome).
The scales also exhibited a strong positive correlation with our 5-item, additive cognitive function scale composed of items related to short-term memory, long-term memory, decision-making, receptive communication, and expressive communication.
Ralph is a computer-controlled electromechanical hand designed to be a receptive communication aid for people who are deaf and blind.
Implantation requires communication between a receptive endometrium and a healthy blastocyst.
Parents reported significant increases in their child's receptive communication and motor skills on the VABS-II, and a significant decrease in autism-specific features on the SCQ.
The questionnaire employed in the present study was not developed as a clinical tool for investigating the effect of device settings on the receptive communication ability of children.
Participating children underwent neurodevelopmental testing with the BSID-III, to assess motor (fine and gross), cognitive, and language (expressive and receptive communication) development [ 24].
Significant increases were found in children's standard scores on the Receptive Communication and Gross Motor sub-domains, in addition to the Motor Skills domain, of the VABS-II from pre- to post-intervention (see Table 1).
