Acoustic evaluation of voice in the practice of the portuguese speech therapists
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.34631/sporl.147Keywords:
Professional practices, methods of vocal evaluation, acoustic methodAbstract
Introduction: The use of acoustic method in the practice of the Portuguese Speech Therapists has grown in voice diagnosis. A study was conducted to get insight the acoustic method use and the combination with other methods of voice diagnosis (instrumental and non-instrumental).
Material and Methods: This study was based on a questionnaire about voice evaluation methods that was sent to a group of Speech Therapists via email and its posterior statistic treatment.
Results: In a Likert scale with five levels, the non-instrumental methods are moderately (level three) or very (level two) used and the instrumental methods are moderately (level three) or little (level four) used. The acoustic method is very (level two) used for all expected tasks in vocal evaluation, in particular to measure the results of therapy.
Conclusions: It can be concluded that Portuguese Speech Therapists mainly use non-instrumental methods and the acoustic method is the most used among the instrumental methods.
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