Psychoeducational Outcome in Children With Early-Treated Congenital Hypothyroidism

Abstract

Early-treated CH is associated with mild delays in several basic achievement areas (reading comprehension and arithmetic) at the third grade level, with catch up by the sixth grade. However, as other findings indicate cognitive problems do persist into adolescence in memory, attention, and visuospatial processing areas, the implications of these deficits for other educational accomplishments needs additional follow-up.congenital hypothyroidism, thyroid hormone, newborn screening, achievement, behavior, attention.