Association between therapeutic effect of speech disorders and age on treatment of children with cerebral palsy

Abstract

Objective To observe the association between therapeutic effect of speech disorder and the age on treatment of children with cerebral palsy, and to explore the best treatment period of speech disorder children with cerebral palsy. Methods One hundred and twenty-one cases of speech disorder children with cerebral palsy aged 1 to 6 years in Maternal and Child Health Center of Hebei Province, Hebei Children's Hospital, were selected as subjects, and the patients were randomly divided into training group, which included 64 cases who received scalp acupuncture combined with language and 57 cases treated with speech training group.After 6 courses of treatment, the therapeutic effect for speech disorder of children between 1 to 3 years old and >3 to 6 years old were compared, the association between children's age for treatment and treatment effects was explored. Results The total treatment efficiency of 1 to 3 years and >3 to 6 years old children in scalp acupuncture group combined with language training group were 95.45% and 83.33% respectively, the difference was significant(χ2=6.859 8, P 3 to 6 year-old children in speech training group the total treatment efficiency were 84.62% and 77.42%, and the difference was significant(χ2=6.625 7, P 3 to 6 years old children were 89.58% and 80.82%, respectively, and the difference was statistically significant(χ2=9.617 5, P<0.01). Conclusions The best treatment period of speech disorder children with cerebral palsy is less than 3 years old, as age grows, the effect is gradually decreasing. Key words: Cerebral palsy; Speech disorders; Age; Scalp; Speech training