Phonological development in a child with cri du chat syndrome

Cri du chat syndrome (CDCS) is a genetic disorder resulting from loss of genetic material from the short arm of chromosome 5. Symptoms include the following: A characteristic cry during infancy (perceptually and acoustically similar to the mewing of kittens), mental retardation, motor deficits and moderate to severe developmental delays, including delay in language development. To date language development in persons with CDCS have only been described in very general terms. Three tendencies have been noted in the recent literature (cf. Cornish &amp