Voice professionals' non-verbal communication: what has it been researching in speech language pathology?

ABSTRACT

Non-verbal communication is part of communication and regardless intention, is always present. According to some authors, expressiveness may influence over 90% of a dialogic relationship. Each gesture or look is valuable source of information about the emotion while communicating. Speech-language Pathologist (SLP) is the professional that must seek all aspects of communication, verbal and non-verbal, altogether. Literature review was performed among the years of 2005 and 2015 in the main national SLP scientific periodic: Revista CEFAC, Journal of Communication Disorders - DIC, Pro-Fono - Revista de Atualização Científica, Journal of the Brazilian Society of Speech, Codas, Journal of the Brazilian Society of Speech Pathology and Audiology Communication Research - ACR. The SciELo - Scientific Electronic Library Online - was the platform used to look for the voice papers. 342 voice papers were found. 176 were about voice professionals and, from these only eight addressed non-verbal communication. From the eight, three were about radio and television professionals, two about teachers, two about actors, and one about college students. Despite the importance of non-verbal resources in communication, there are few SLP publications on non-verbal communication and voice professionals.

Keywords:
Nonverbal Communication; Communication; Voice; Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences