Atuação fonoaudiológica para professores: revisão da literatura

Abstract

Introduction: The human voice is the sound that results from a physiological action, identifying the person in terms of age, sex, race, physical size, personality characteristics and emotional state. Thus, it is important to highlight that the voice is an extremely important resource throughout life and that its misuse has contributed to the appearance of dysphonia and hoarseness. Objective: The objective of this study was to survey the literature about speech therapy activities with teachers. Method: This is a literature review, with a selection of articles that responded to speech therapy with teachers. The inclusion criteria were: articles that were in the Portuguese language, in the period from 2000 to 2019, articles that addressed the voice theme, speech therapy with teachers. Exclusion criteria were adopted: thesis, articles in the English language, review articles, monograph and reports of experiences. Results: In the initial search, 31 articles from the LIlacs database and 127 articles from the Scielo database were found, totaling 158 studies, of which 7 were selected for the study. The researched articles held workshops with teachers, groups of voice experiences, speech therapy programs for teachers, referral for specific exams and monitoring of teachers during their work. Conclusion: The review study found that speech therapy was very beneficial in the development of teachers' self-perception, in relation to health, teaching and voice, and strengthened them as agents of their well-being. And from that, oriented teachers obtained a significant improvement in vocal symptoms.