Gonçalves Maria Inês R, Radzinsky Tatiana Couto, da Silva Nasjla Saba, Chiari Brasília Maria, Consonni Daniella
Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Universìdade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 Mar;50(3):706-8. doi: 10.1002/pbc.21209.
Central nervous system (CNS) tumors generally leave sequelae that may compromise speech, language, swallowing, hearing, and voice functions. This report describes the incidence of speech-language and hearing complaints and disorders in children and adolescents with CNS tumor under treatment at one of the most important Brazilian reference center for pediatric cancer. One-hundred ninety patients were examined for speech-pathology screening and analysis: forty-two percent presented with complaints and symptoms. From the remaining patients, 68% presented clinical symptoms and 32% were actually free from any speech-language and hearing-related symptoms. The high incidence of complaints and symptoms indicate that these patients might benefit from specific rehabilitation interventions.
