Comparison of virtual and present speech voice therapist service in television journalism professional

PURPOSE:

to compare the effect of telepractice and present speech and voice therapist service in television news reporters speech.

METHODS:

eight reporters received virtual speech therapy and eight reporters received speech therapy face-to-face. For analysis were used copies of two journalistic materials, from different periods (pre and post intervention). The reports were recorded in pairs, randomly about the date of viewing/recording and the group, totaling sixteen pairs of reportage. The material, pre and post intervention, was rated by judges speech voice therapist, blinded as to the state of reportage. Two specific protocols were used. A performance evaluation on task and naturalness of the professionals and one for auditory and visual analysis of the vocal and interpretive parameters.

RESULTS:

there was improvement in communicative performance in both groups in the comparison between the pre-and post-intervention material. According to the judges, 61.53% of both groups, reporters began to involve more the viewer with the news on post-intervention and 69.23% material began to talk better with the viewer and to convey the news of more natural. There was improvement in the performance score of hearing and visual analysis protocol, most of the parameters of the virtual group (posture, gestures, expressions, vocal quality, pauses and emphasis) showed improvement in the post-intervention time compared with the face-to-face group which showed improvement in only one parameter (pitch).

CONCLUSION:

the study shows that both face-to-face and telepractice services promote improvement in communicative and vocal performance of telejournalism professionals, confirming the viability and the result of the virtual mode to monitor speech.

Voice; Journalism; Speech Language and Hearing Sciences; Telemedicine