EVALUATION OF THE SEMANTIC ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE IN CEREBRAL PARALYTICS

The objective of this study was to verify the rate of semantic recognition in subjects who are bearers of different types of cerebral paralysis (experimental group) with a chronological age ranging from 2 to 7 years and eleven months, and who were gauged (control group) as to sex and age. The results showed that, the control group proved to be superior in all age groups suggesting some delay in the acquisition of semantic language, which would characterize language delays in the subjects from the experimental group. The quadriplegic cerebral paralytics obtained the lowest rates of semantic recognition, followed by the diplegic and the hemiplegic.