A further report on a case of Floating-Harbor Syndrome in a mother and daughter

We present the most extensive neuropsychological and language assessment ye t reported of patients diagnosed with Floating-Harbor Syndrome (FHS), a rar e genetic condition characterized by dysmorphid figures, short stature, and speech-onset delay. This is also the second reported occurrence of both a mother and daughter with FHS. Whereas the child demonstrated gross deficits in verbal expression, speech and language problems were largely ameliorate d in the mother. Neuropsychological assessment also revealed a strikingly s imilar pattern of cognitive problems additional to language dysfunction, in cluding difficulties with attention, mathematical, and visuospatial abiliti es. A mood disorder continued to be quite disabling for the mother.