Comparison of visual and auditory skills in diplegic cerebral palsy

Purpose to compare the performance of auditory and visual psycholinguistic abilities of children with CP-D. Methods a total of ten children with CP-D, classified using the Gross Motor Function Measure System (GMFMS) scale, aged between four years and one month to five years and six months. The clinical assessment consisted of interviews with responsible, analysis of medical records and application of auditory and visual subtests of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA). Statistical analysis consisted of descriptive analysis and application of the Wilcoxon test (significance level was p ≤ 0.05). Results the tests that presented the lowest scores were in auditory sequential memory and visual sequential memory. When comparing between the auditory and visual abilities there were only statistically significant differences in the subtests of reception and association. The group behaved unevenly. This study aims to draw attention to this issue because it believes that these skills are extremely important for the development of linguistic and communication skills that should be thought in rehabilitations programs of these individuals. Conclusion there were statistically significant differences in the subtests of auditory and visual reception and association in this population.