Contribuições dos dispositivos de retroalimentação auditiva na terapia fonoaudiológica para a gagueira: revisão narrativa

Abstract

Introduction: stuttering is a multifactorial neurobiological disorder of speech fluency that is characterized by repetition of sounds, syllables and/or part of words, blocks and prolongations. Associated with speech therapy, there are technological means to help promote fluency, such as auditory feedback mechanisms, which have been shown to be effective in individuals who stutter, these devices can help control speech and consequently reduce the degree of stuttering and promote fluency in subjects who stutter. Objective: to list the contribution of the use of auditory feedback mechanisms in speech therapy for stuttering. Method: narrative literature review in databases: Academic Google, Scielo and CAPES Journal Portal, without time limits, including original articles in Portuguese. To choose the studies, the title and abstract were read, initially. Afterwards, after selection, all were read in full. Results: six articles were used to review this study, which showed as the main results improvement and/or promotion of fluency, decrease in the degree of stuttering, reduction of syllable flow per minute and of word repetition of individuals submitted to the use of the devices of auditory feedback. Conclusion: auditory feedback devices and software are effective in promoting fluency and improving the degree of stuttering for individuals who stutter.