Impacto da voz na comunicação social e emoção de professoras antes e após fonoterapia

Abstract

Purpose: to compare the impact of voice on the quality of teachers’ life before the speech therapy and follow-up after high therapy and identify associated factors. Methods: observational study, based on information collected in two stages: secondary data from medical records and questionnaires on line, after rising speech. The participants were 54 teachers, sent by the municipal occupational service with the diagnosis of dysphonia, for the Speech Therapy Clinic of a Teaching hospital. Speech therapy occurred from January 2012 to December 2013. The information of interest were responses to the Voice Activity and Participation Profile, number of vocal symptoms, issues relating to working conditions and living habits. A descriptive and inferential analysis using a statistical program. Results: there was a decrease in reported symptoms when comparing the before and post speech therapy. As for the medians of the parameters of the above-mentioned protocol on both occasions, the groups differed in of social communication and in emotion. For these parameters were no statistical differences between the groups regarding the absence of noise generated in the classroom . The other independent variables did not differ between groups. Conclusion: speech therapy brings positive impact on the voice of teachers in relation to behavioral and occupational factors. The improvement is evidenced by the reduction in the number of reported vocal symptoms after high speech. After speech therapy, there is lower limit of dysphonia vocal activities related to social communication and emotion, especially in the absence of noise in the classroom.