《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2008, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (02): 182-183.

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Effect of Speech Therapy on Articulation Disorder of Children with Cerebral Palsy

YU Zhi-hua, DONG Xiao-li, HE Yan-mei, et al.   

  1. The Department of Children Rehabilitation, Chengdu No.1Hospital, Chengdu 610017, Sichuan, China
  • Received:2007-03-27 Published:2008-02-01 Online:2008-02-01

Abstract: Objective To explore the effect of speech therapy on articulation disorder of indifferent kinds of children with cerebral palsy(CP).Methods 49 CP children with articulation disorder were divided into the common group(n=21)and family rehabilitation group(n=28).All children in the two groups were treated with systemic speech therapy,but those in the family rehabilitation group were added with family rehabilitation.The changes of articulation disorder of children in two groups before and after treatment were observed.Results After treatment,all children got improvement,but the effect of children with spastic type was superior to those with other CP types.The efficiency rate of the family rehabilitation group was 39.3%,that of the common group was 14.3%,there was a significant difference between two groups(P<0.05).Conclusion The children with different CP type have different therapeutic effects for articulation disorder,the family rehabilitation can improve the therapeutic effect.

Key words: cerebral palsy, articulation disorder, speech therapy