Severe auditory processing disorder secondary to viral meningoencephalitis.

Objective: To describe auditory function in an individual with bilateral damage to the temporal and parietal cortex.

Design: Case report.

Study Sample: A previously healthy 17-year old male is described who sustained extensive cortical injury following an episode of viral meningoencephalitis.

Prenatal antecedents of newborn neurological maturation.

Fetal neurobehavioral development was modeled longitudinally using data collected at weekly intervals from 24 to 38 weeks gestation in a sample of 112 healthy pregnancies. Predictive associations between 3 measures of fetal neurobehavioral functioning and their developmental trajectories to neurological maturation in the first weeks after birth were examined. Prenatal measures included fetal heart rate (FHR) variability, fetal movement, and coupling between fetal motor activity and heart rate patterning; neonatal outcomes include a standard neurologic examination (n = 97) and brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP; n = 47).