Speech and Language Development of Athetoid and Spastic Children

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A gesture language test of 10 questions which permitted a child to answer by body posture or movement was given to 8 athetoids and 5 spastics, and an oral language test in which a toy was presented for each one of 81 phonetic units was given to 29 athetoids and 32 spastics. None had detectable hearing losses and had been evaluated as educable. Lowest I.Q. was 60. Most cases used oral language, although at least 1 of each age was dependent on gesture. Although they were generally seriously delayed in achievement of language and speech, they developed first those skills which appear earliest in normal children. There was no significant difference between spastic and athetoid.

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