مقايسه شاخص هاي تنفسي گفتار در كودكان فلج مغزي نوع اسپاستيك وكودكان عادي

Speech Respiratory Measures in Spastic Cerebral Palsied and Normal Children

Objective: Research is design ed to determine spee ch respirator y measure s in spastic cereb ral palsied children versus normal one s, to be used as an applicable tool in speech therapy plans. Materials & Methods: Via a comparati ve cross -s ec tional s tudy (case - control), and through a directive goal oriented sampling in cas e and convenience approach for controls; twenty spastic cerebral palsied . and twenty control ones with age (5-12 years old) and sex (F=20 M=20) were matched and identifi ed. All possible inclusion and exclu sion criteria were considered by thorou gh past medical , clinical and para clinical such as chest X-ray and Complete Blood Counts reviews to rule out any possible pulmonary and/or systemic disorders. Their speech respirat ory indices were determined by Respirometer (ST l-dysphonia), made and normalized by Glasgow Univer sity. Obtained data were analyzed by independent T tes t. Results: There were significant differences between cases and control groups for "mean tidal volume", "phonatory volume" and "vital capacity" at a=0/05 value s and these values in pati ents were less (34%) than normal children (P