Clínica fonoaudiológica e paralisia supranuclear: para além do trabalho com a deglutição

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Ano de defesa: 2010
Autor(a) principal: Gomes, Maria Aparecida lattes
Orientador(a): Friedman, Silvia
Banca de defesa: Não Informado pela instituição
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
Idioma: por
Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Fonoaudiologia
Departamento: Fonoaudiologia
País: BR
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Link de acesso: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/12254
Resumo: The human aging has been discussed for scholars of diverse areas and has changed its meaning throughout the time. This process can bring damages to the general functions and the health of the swallow apparatus in its clinical aspects, disturbing the quality of life. Therefore, the objective of this study was to delineate the work of speech therapy intervention with the elderly people with Supranuclear Paralysis. Method: qualitative case study, descriptive nature, with two elderly people with Supranuclear Paralysis referred to the speech clinic complaining of swallowing disorders. Eighteen care provided in homes of the patients with duration of 50 minutes each were audio recorded and transcribed in regular spelling, to make the data analysis. To these they had added registers of the daily life of the patients. Results: To be effective the speech therapy intervention involved a work of establishing possibilities of communication among the patients, therapist, their familiar, and other caregivers; to keep in contact with the patients` suffering, to create a support that allowed them to stand the new condition of life. It was possible to avoid the gastrostomy of one of the patients who has beens with the illness for ten years and of another one, that had the illness for six years, up to thirty six days before his death. Conclusion: The speech therapy intervention allowed to improve the quality of life of the two studied patients