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Semantic Processing Survey of Spoken and Written Words in Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy: Evidence from PALPA Word-Picture Matching Test
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| Objective: The present study aimed to assess the semantic processing of spoken and written words in Persian-speaking adolescents with cerebral palsy comparing to healthy adolescents. Method: The research is quantitative in terms of type, and experimental in terms of method. The statistical population consisted of 30 healthy adolescents and 30 adolescents with cerebral palsy living in Tehran City, Iran. The examination group included 17 girls and 13 boys (aged 10-15 years) who were selected by convenience sampling method. All of them were spastic. Spoken and written word-picture matching tests (47) and (48) were used. For the control group, 30 healthy adolescents were selected according to the gender, age and education of adolescents with cerebral palsy to assess the subjects’ vocabulary abilities. The tests were performed on the subjects one week apart. Results: The ability of adolescents with cerebral palsy in semantic processing of spoken and written words was significantly weaker than that of the healthy adolescents. Furthermore, the development of spoken and written word patterns in the adolescents with cerebral palsy was delayed comparing to the healthy adolescents. Conclusion: Data analysis revealed that vocabulary network and perceptual impairments are the main causes of weak semantic processing of spoken and written words in adolescents with cerebral palsy; however, their perceptual impairment is far greater than vocabulary network impairment |
Article number: 3 |
| Keywords: Cerebral palsy, Spoken words, Written words, Semantic processing. |
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Type of Study: Applicable |
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Received: 2021/10/2 | Accepted: 2022/07/31 | Published: 2022/12/26
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