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Article: Sleep disorders can impair kids' IQ

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March 14, 2007
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Washington, March 14 -- Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have said that children with sleep disorders can face similar risks of intellectual impairment.

The researchers have been studying sleep disturbances in children with enlarged tonsils and adenoids over a period of seven years. In a recent study, they discovered that youngsters who snore nightly scored significantly lower on vocabulary tests than those who snore less often.

"Vocabulary scores are known to be the best single predictor of a child's IQ and the strongest predictor of academic success," explains Dr. Paul M. Suratt, a ...

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