Characteristics of speech disorders in youth with cerebral palsy

Abstract

Cerebral palsy is almost always accompanied by speech disorders, which are manifested at an early age as delayed speech, while in the case of definitive clinical forms, they are manifested as different types of speech disorders. Speech disorders are associated with neuromuscular deficits, sensory impairments, intellectual disability, lack of verbal stimulation or limited verbal stimulation during early period of childhood. This study presents the characteristics of speech disorders in youth with cerebral palsy. We analyzed the quality of articulation, voice quality and speech intelligibility. Results have shown that speech disorders are in correlation with the type of cerebral palsy.

Cerebralnu paralizu skoro uvek prate poremećaji govora, koji se na ranom uzrastu manifestuju zakasnelim govorom, dok se kod definitivnih kliničkih formi ispoljavaju različiti tipovi govornih poremećaja. Poremećaji govora su povezani sa neuromuskularnom deficijentnošću, senzornim oštećenjima, intelektualnom ometenošću, odsustvom verbalne stimulacije ili pak ograničenom verbalnom stimulacijom u ranom dečjem uzrastu. U ovom radu su prikazane karakteristike poremećaja govora kod mladih sa cerebralnom paralizom. Analizirani su kvalitet artikualcije, kvalitet glasa i razumljivost govora. Rezultati su pokazali da oštećenje govora koreliše sa oblikom cerebralne paralize.