Comportamento vocal e condições de trabalho de professores após fonoterapia para tratamento de disfonia comportamental

Abstract

Purpose: Check the vocal habits and changes in the working environment of teachers with functional dysphonia before and after participation in the Comprehensive Vocal Rehabilitation Program. Methods: Cross-sectional study performed with medical records of municipal teachers (step 1) and questionnaires after high speech therapy (step 2). The 25 teachers participants held speech therapy for functional dysphonia and answered the questionnaire over a period of at least six months after high. The collections was carried out through the retrospective analyses of the medical records of patients and by sending a questionnaire via the internet. Descriptive analyses was performed and the McNemar, Wilcoxon and Test-t tests considering a significance level of 5%. Results: Comparing the time before and after the speech therapy it was found that the teachers noticed a worsening in the ventilation, temperature and noise originated with in the school. Teachers have increased the use of the microphone. There was an increase in the practice of heating and vocal slowdown at the moment after the speech therapy. There was no statistical significance between the groups in the parameters of the Protocol of the Profile of Participation and activities. Conclusion: The have been changes vocals and behavior in the work environment after the interventioner. The realization of heating and slowdown of voice after speech therapy increased indicating that teachers are more aware about the benefits of vocal exercises. The use of the microphone is being used more frequently, but the amount of water consumed during the day is lower than expected.