[Language evaluation in children with bilateral cerebrovascular disease: study of two cases].
We describe two children, aging 5 years and 6 months and 5 years and 10 months respectively, when the phonoaudiological assessment was conducted. Both children presented bilateral cerebrovascular disease (CVD), confirmed in the acute phase by means of clinical and image neurological test. During this phase, the two patients were examined by a pediatric neurologist of the Pediatric Neurology Discipline of FCM/UNICAMP, pediatric CVD ambulatory. Audiologic Assessment, Protocol for Infant Language Assessment, and Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test were used in the evaluations. The qualitative analysis of the two subjects from a phonoaudiological and neurological point of view has shown the recovery of adquired language disturbance with no influence whatsoever in the development of the first subject and subtle language and/or learning process alterations for the second subject. The cases study has revealed that the predominant aspects should be analyzed in an individual, quantitative, and qualitative basis to lead to conclusive findings.
Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas SP, Brazil. katamarozzi@hotmail.com
Karina Tamarozzi de
KT
Oliveira
Maria Valeriana Leme
MV
Moura-Ribeiro
Sylvia Maria
SM
Ciasca
D000208:Acute Disease; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D007807:Language Tests; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests