Déficit del lenguaje comprensivo y expresivo en paciente con fenilcetonuria.

Abstract

The present case analysis entitled “Deficit of comprehensive and expressive language in a patient with phenylketonuria”, refers to the intervention performed in a patient with phenylketonuria that presents problems to communicate, for this it is essential to implement an alternative / augmentative communication system (SAAC), as is the PECS, having only one objective to improve communication skills through functional communication in people with disabilities. To carry out this study, we proceeded in several phases, having as a starting point the gathering of information through the collection of data through the family interview, the individual logopedic record, the language therapy evaluation sheet and the assessment of the PLON-R test (Revised Navarre Oral Language Test) that together allowed to evaluate the communication skills, to create an adequate therapeutic intervention plan, improving communication through the execution of the PECS system which is based for its execution in an exchange of images to achieve functional communication.