when our children was born,
我們的孩子出生后
they found it very harder, or severe, for talking.
都感到說起話來很困難
But some people at school would take the mick out of me.
在學??傆腥顺靶ξ?/div>
Faraneh and her team spent several years testing the abilities
法拉尼與她的團隊用了幾年時間來檢測
of affected and unaffected members of the family
受影響的和未受影響的家庭成員的能力
so they could fully diagnose the condition.
這樣他們就能充分診斷這一病癥了
To protect their identity, they were named the KE family.
為了保護隱私 我們稱之為KE家族
When it comes to the KE family members
研究發現
who are affected with this speech and language disorder,
受到說話與語言障礙影響的KE家族成員
they're very normal in every other way.
在其他方面與常人無異
They, of course, have a very specific speech and language problem
他們確實有著非常特殊的說話和語言問題
but their thought processes and their communication abilities
但他們在其他方面的思維過程
in other ways are perfectly normal.
和溝通能力完全正常
Hoping they would find a link between affected family members,
為了找到受影響家庭成員之間的聯系
A geneticist joined the team.
一名基因學家加入了研究