Hearing and speech patology intervention & visual impairment: perceptions of professionals of staff cross-disciplinary

Abstract

Purpose: 

To verify health and education´s professional knowledge and opinion concerning Hearing and Speech Pathology intervention with visual impairment´s person. Methods: A descriptive survey on health and education´s professional that work at the Center of Studies an Researches in Rehabilitation “Prof. Dr. Gabriel O. S. Porto” (Cepre) at the habilitation/rehabilitation process of visual impairment´s person. An self-applied questionnaire was used, desenveloped after a exploratory study and previous-test. Results: 21 health and education´s professionals answered the questionnaire. The average age was 42.5 years; 92,5% are female. Related the professional´s characteristics, the social service and occupation therapy category’s appeared the most (33,3% each), followed by psychology (19,0%). The main works realized by the Hearing and Speech Pathology known by the professionals who answered the questionnaire were oroface-motricity´s aspects and speech and language alteration´s (38,0% in both). Related to the Hearing and Speech Pathology’s insertion in the stimulation and/or rehabilitation process, the professionals had pointed the global development (38,0) the main aspect where the Hearing and Speech Pathology could contribute. Conclusion: There is knowledge about Hearing and Speech Pathology’s work by the health and education´s professionals that attended visual impairment´s person, however it´s still restricted. Others studies´ development is suggested about the Hearing and Speech Pathology’s intervention with the visual impairment in order to supply theoretical subsidies for its performance.