Ultrasound biofeedback in speech therapy: a scoping review

This project seeks to describe the process of speech production, highlighting the importance of the coordinated movements of the articulatory muscles. It explores how phonetics and instrumental phonetics are used to study speech sounds, with an emphasis on the application of ultrasound for speech analysis and therapy. Ultrasound biofeedback is presented as an effective tool in speech therapy, allowing both therapist and patient a more precise understanding of tongue articulation during speech

O USO DA ULTRASSONOGRAFIA PARA AVALIAÇÃO DA FALA EM CRIANÇAS: UMA REVISÃO DE ESCOPO

Purpose: present a scoping review protocol, which aims to map scientific evidence on the parameters used in the collection and analysis of speech using ultrasound. METHODS: The strategy (participants, concept and context) was used to determine the inclusion criteria - population (children), concept (ultrasound assessment) and context (speech assessment). The review will analyze observational, experimental and/or quasi-experimental, descriptive, analytical and qualitative studies, as well as texts and opinion articles. Studies that are unavailable in full text, in animals or in vitro, letters to the editor, errata, study protocols and studies that use ultrasound for purposes other than swallowing will be excluded. There will be no restrictions on language. Two independent professionals will select the studies from the databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, LILACS and Scopus). The review will analyze the year of publication, study design, sample, age and procedures for evaluating swallowing with ultrasound. Data will be presented in diagrams, tables and narratives. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: the literature has described ultrasound as an assessment tool to analyze the biomechanical movements of speech. This scoping review will describe ultrasound image acquisition methods to evaluate speech