SPEECH-LANGUAGE DISORDERS IN THE URBAN AREA OF MONTE NEGRO-RO

• Main Authors: Maria Aparecida Miranda de Paula Machado, Magali de Lourdes Caldana, José Roberto de Magalhães Bastos, José Roberto Pereira Lauris, Gessyka Gomes Marcandal, Rafaela Marques Di Giulio, Carla Soleman
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia 2015-02-01
• Series: Revista Saúde.com
• Subjects: Epidemiology; Health Surveys; Health Public
• Online Access: http://www.uesb.br/revista/rsc/ojs/index.php/rsc/article/view/242/281
• ISSN: 1809-0761; 1809-0761

Identify through a health survey the prevalence of speech-language disorders in Monte Negro - Rondônia. In home visits within 04 census tracts the urban area were applied 182 questionnaires answered by an adult of residence. Of these, 71 (39.02%) had no speech-language complaints and 34 individuals (18.68%) reported being in good health. These 65 (35.71%) complaints were related to the area of Orofacial Motricity (chewing, swallowing, mouth breathing); 33 (18.13%) for the Voice area (episodes of hoarseness); 30 (16.48%) to the area of Hearing (acquired and congenital hearing loss); 20 (8.24%) on disorders in the area of Oral/ Writing Language and Speech (development of oral and written language, disfluencies). Most interviewed did not relate the disorders referred to the pathogenic factors, especially the process of language. They concluded that the results of the health survey guided the performance of students in the development of practices to answer the prevalent diseases and the political actions that met the demands of the population.