ABSTRACT:
Purpose:
verifying the presence of the stomatognathic system changes and its association with gender, profession, allergies report and speech diagnosing the type of dysphonia in dysphonic individuals who sought care in a speech therapy school clinic.
Methods:
quantitative and retrospective study, through the database. Sample of 69 subjects records of both genders, aged between 19 and 44 years. Data were collected on age, gender, profession, report of allergies, speech therapy diagnosis of the type of dysphonia, respiratory type and data of anthroposcopic evaluation of the stomatognathic system: occlusion, horizontal and transverse bite changes, width and depth of the hard palate, breathing mode and lips, tongue and cheeks tension.
Results:
28.99% (n=20) were voice professional; 33.33% (n=23) reported allergies; mixed respiratory type with 75.36% (n=52), followed by the superior with 20.29% (n=14) and diaphragmatic breathing with 4.35% (n=3); type of functional dysphonia (n=42; 66.67%), followed by organofunctional (n=19; 23.54%) and organic (n=8; 11.59%). There were not significances in the stomatognathic system changes associations with types and breathing techniques, types of dysphonia, voice professional and allergies report, there were only significances in female with no vertical bite changes.
Conclusion:
studied patients were predominantly women; adults; not voice professionals; with functional dysphonia; no history of allergies or stomatognathic system changes; with proper type and mode breathing, with only female association with no vertical bite changes.
Keywords:
Dysphonia; Voice Disorders; Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Stomatognathic System; Voice
