Evolution of speech-language pathologists supply in Unified Health System (SUS) and in primary healthcare in Brazil
Conclusion: there was an increase in the supply of speech-language pathologists in the Unified Health System and in Primary Healthcare, however, such supply raise occurred unequally among the federative units of Brazil. (Source: Revista CEFAC)
Source: Revista CEFAC - May 16, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
Community health workers and breastfeeding: challenges related to knowledge and practice
Conclusion: the health workers had not participated in training courses to follow up nursing mothers, in addition to having a limited knowledge on practices and promotion of breastfeeding and paying late post-natal home visits. (Source: Revista CEFAC)
Source: Revista CEFAC - May 16, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
Speech therapy criteria to indicate an alternative feeding route at an intensive care unit in a university hospital
Conclusion: this paper corroborates other researches pointing out alteration of the level of conscience as a risk factor concerning dysphagia. The importance of the speech-language therapist in hospital environments, for an early detection of patients who need intervention, is emphasized. (Source: Revista CEFAC)
Source: Revista CEFAC - May 16, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
Speech perception test with pictures: applicability in children with hearing impairment
Conclusion: the test is feasible for the evaluation and monitoring of speech perception in children with hearing impairment, regardless of their verbal ability. (Source: Revista CEFAC)
Source: Revista CEFAC - May 16, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
Percentage of correct consonants (PCC) in hearing impaired children: a longitudinal study
Conclusion: the PCC index obtained and compared in two occasions, revealed improvement in all tasks after 12 months of speech therapy using aurioral approach. Improvement in oral production and frequency in therapy directly influenced the improvement of oral language development of these children. Improvement in oral language development of these children was directly influenced by compliance to the therapy. The age at hearing loss identification and the daily use of the devices did not influence the PCC indexes. (Source: Revista CEFAC)
Source: Revista CEFAC - May 16, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
The use of ICF in the monitoring of hearing and language development in children in their first year of life
Conclusions: the use of the ICF-CY allowed the expansion of the attention of health professionals and it can be used to monitor child development. The creation / adaptation of standardized assessment tools based on ICF favors its use in the clinical practice. The training of CHA s was effective and led to their involvement with the issues relevant to child development. (Source: Revista CEFAC)
Source: Revista CEFAC - May 16, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
Physiotherapy, speech, language and hearing sciences and occupational therapy - interdisciplinary practice in disorders of human communication
Conclusion: physiotherapists, speech therapists and occupational therapists are informed about the importance of interdisciplinarity in the care of disorders of human communication disorders, but the interdisciplinary practices are still not recurrent in the workplace. (Source: Revista CEFAC)
Source: Revista CEFAC - May 16, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
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ERRATUM: Voice professionals' non-verbal communication: what has it been researching in speech language pathology?
RESUMO O presente trabalho é um relato de caso que descreve os achados fonoaudiológicos e de qualidade de vida apresentados por uma adolescente com um tumor do sistema nervoso central acometida pela mielinólise extrapontina. A mielinólise extrapontina é uma doença desmielinizante aguda que pode ser causada por variaçõ es abruptas na osmolaridade sérica, como o que ocorre na rápida correção da hiponatremia. Os dados foram obtidos a partir da avaliação clínica fonoaudiológica, de questionários pediátricos sobre a qualidade de vida e dados contidos no prontuário médico. A paciente apresentou mutismo, dis a...
Source: Revista CEFAC - March 14, 2017 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Speech, swallowing and quality of life outcomes in extrapontine myelinolysis: a case report of a teenager with central nervous system germ cell tumor
RESUMO O presente trabalho é um relato de caso que descreve os achados fonoaudiológicos e de qualidade de vida apresentados por uma adolescente com um tumor do sistema nervoso central acometida pela mielinólise extrapontina. A mielinólise extrapontina é uma doença desmielinizante aguda que pode ser causada por variaçõ es abruptas na osmolaridade sérica, como o que ocorre na rápida correção da hiponatremia. Os dados foram obtidos a partir da avaliação clínica fonoaudiológica, de questionários pediátricos sobre a qualidade de vida e dados contidos no prontuário médico. A paciente apresentou mutismo, dis a...
Source: Revista CEFAC - March 14, 2017 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Acoustically controlled auditory training in an adult after traumatic brain injury
RESUMO A avalia ção eletrofisiológica e comportamental do processamento auditivo tem sido uma importante ferramenta para o diagnóstico e monitoramento terapêutico de indivíduos pós traumatismo cranioencefálico. No presente relato de caso o paciente foi submetido à avaliação eletrofisiológica e comportam ental do processamento auditivo pré e pós treinamento auditivo acusticamente controlado (TAAC) e seis meses após a intervenção. O TAAC foi organizado em oito sessões, enfocando o treinamento das habilidades auditivas de ordenação temporal, fechamento auditivo e figura-fundo. Na avaliação p ós TAAC foi...
Source: Revista CEFAC - March 14, 2017 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Semicircular superior canal dehiscence: cases reports
RESUMO A S índrome da Deiscência do Canal Semicircular Superior (SDCSS) é caracterizada pelo desgaste da camada óssea que recobre o canal semicircular superior. São sintomas comuns da SDCSS a presença de vertigem associada à nistagmos induzidos por estímulos sonoros intensos ou por modificações das p ressões intracraniana ou da orelha média. O objetivo deste trabalho é descrever os achados audiólogicos e vestibulares de dois pacientes com diagnóstico de Síndrome da Deiscência do Canal Semicircular Superior, com diagnóstico confirmado por meio de tomografia computadorizada. Foram realizad as meatoscopia, a...
Source: Revista CEFAC - March 14, 2017 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Influence of risk factors on language development and contributions of early stimulation: an integrative literature review
This study aimed to identify evidence in the literature regarding the influence of risk factors on child language development and point out the contributions of early stimulation. In this integrative literature review, the databases Lilacs, PubMed and SciELO and the descriptors Child language; Risk factors; Premature; Postterm child; Apgar score; Early intervention were used. From the findings, the following data were extracted: author, year of publication; objective and study design; participants and inclusion criteria; studied variables; main findings. For the organization and analysis of the studies, we used the themati...
Source: Revista CEFAC - March 14, 2017 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) applied to dyslexia: literature review
RESUMO O objetivo deste estudo é apresentar uma revisão integrativa da literatura, contemplando artigos científicos publicados em periódicos nacionais e internacionais que abordam o uso das tecnologias da informação e da comunicação (TIC), tais como computador, tablets, iPads, mobile phones, e-readers, realidade virtual e ambiente virtual de aprendizagem, aplicadas à dislexia. A base de dados escolhida para este estudo foi constituída de artigos científicos publicados no período de 2010 a 2015, a partir das seguintes bases eletrônicas de dados: Science Direct/Elsevier, SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library O...
Source: Revista CEFAC - March 14, 2017 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
