A total of 110 cerebal palsy children were assessed during a project lasting a year and a half. Analysis of the cases showed that: (i) Quadriplegics are affected more in speech than spastic children: (ii) Delayed speech forms the predominant speech defect: (iii) A one-to-one relationship is observed between the articulatory and vegetative functions: (iv) All the children with normal speech and hearing have average intelligence: (v) The data reveals that males are affected more than females: (vi) Speech problems are unaltered by stereotaxic surgery: (vii) Paraplegic and dystonic patients have a better prognosis than others.
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