B. Gentry et al., A PARENTAL SURVEY OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH SICKLE-CELL DISEASE, Perceptual and motor skills, 85(3), 1997, pp. 1105-1106
16 parents of infants and toddlers (9 girls, 7 boys) with sickle cell
disease reported normal speech and language development in their child
ren bur perceived slow physical development. Such perceptions may be r
elated to the smaller physical size of children with this disease.