Atuação fonoaudiológica na voz de pessoas transexuais

Abstract

Introduction: Transgender people are those who have a gender identity different from the sex assigned at birth. Transsexuals can be men or women looking to fit their gender identity. Some people turn to medical interventions, from hormone therapy to sex reassignment surgery. The voice must also be readjusted so that the stele is congruent with the person's gender. The qualified professional for such adjustment is the speech therapist within the interprofessional team. Objective: To investigate the speech-language pathology performance in voice in transsexual people. Method: This is an integrative literature review. Articles were searched in the PUBMED and Google Scholar databases, published between 2017 and 2022. Results: Six articles were selected after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Conclusion: Speech therapy in transsexual people becomes essential in the postoperative period to maintain vocal quality and stability, and to avoid complications in the postoperative period. Secondly, it helps to readjust the breathing pattern, increase breathing capacity, voice softening, vocal projection, automation of new patterns during spontaneous speech, improve vocal self-perception and supra-segmental aspects of our communication.