RESUMO Objetivo Apresentar o instrumento Kaufman Speech Praxis Test for Children – KSPT, bem como sua adaptação transcultural para o Brasil. Método Após a permissão de utilização do KSPT pela detentora dos direitos autorais, e cumprimento dos aspectos éticos, o instrumento foi traduzido e adaptado para o português brasileiro, com manutenção de equivalências semântica, idiomática, experimental e conceitual, quando pertinente. Resultados Após procedimentos de tradução e adaptação transcultural, não houve mudanças na Parte 1 (Nível de movimento oral); na Parte 2 (Nível silábico e fonêmico simples), 12 palavras-teste foram excluídas e 16 incluídas; e na Parte 3 (Nível silábico e fonêmico complexo), 13 palavras-teste foram excluídas por não apresentarem correspondência em relação às características de produção fonoarticulatória (fonético/fonológico) no Português Brasileiro. Na parte 4 (Extensão e complexidade espontânea - medida subjetiva) não houve alterações da versão em inglês do KSPT. Após todo o processo o material final foi aprovado pela autora e aplicado em crianças para a verificação da usabilidade e verificação de equivalências. A aplicação em população significativa no Brasil para a construção de critérios psicométricos será realizada em etapa futura. Conclusão A tradução do KSPT está finalizada com mudanças em palavras-teste do protocolo de aplicação, para respeitar as características transculturais da língua portuguesa falada no Brasil. Foram respeitadas as equivalências semântica, idiomática, experimental e conceitual, no manual de aplicação, guia de teste clínico e nos enunciados das provas. Espera-se que este instrumento integre avanços para o diagnóstico e acompanhamento de procedimentos de intervenção, trazendo uma contribuição efetiva para esta área.

ABSTRACT Purpose To present the Kaufman Speech Praxis Test for Children - KSPT instrument, as well as its Brazilian cross-cultural adaptation. Methods After obtaining permission to use the KSPT by the copyright holder, and compliance with ethical aspects, the instrument was translated and adapted into Brazilian Portuguese, preserving semantic, idiomatic, experimental and conceptual equivalences, when relevant. Results After translation and cross-cultural adaptation procedures, there were no changes in Part 1 (Oral movement); in Part 2 (Simple Phonemic and Syllabic Level), 12 test words were excluded and 16 were included; and in Part 3 (Complex Phonemic and Syllabic Level), 13 test words were excluded as they failed to correspond to the characteristics of phonoarticulatory production (phonetic/phonological) in Brazilian Portuguese. In part 4 (Spontaneous Length and Complexity - subjective measure) there were no changes to the English version of the KSPT. After the process, the final version of the material was approved by the author and applied to children for usability and equivalences check. The application to a significant population in Brazil for the construction of psychometric criteria will be carried out at a future stage. Conclusion The KSPT translation is completed with changes in test words from the application protocol to respect the cross-cultural characteristics of the Brazilian-Portuguese language. Semantic, idiomatic, experimental and conceptual equivalences were respected throughout the application manual, clinical test guide and test statements. This instrument is expected to integrate advances in the diagnosis and monitoring of intervention procedures, effectively contributing to the area.

The objective of this study was to describe the process of intensive speech therapy for a 6-year-old child using compensatory articulations while presenting with velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) and a history of cleft lip and palate. The correction of VPI was temporarily done with a pharyngeal obturator since the child presented with very little movement of the pharyngeal walls during speech, compromising the outcome of a possible pharyngeal flap procedure (pharyngoplasty). The program of intensive speech therapy involved 3 phases, each for duration of 2 weeks incorporating 2 daily sessions of 50 minutes of therapy. A total of 60 sessions of intervention were done with the initial goal of eliminating the use of compensatory articulations. Evaluation before the program indicated the use of co-productions (coarticulations) of voiceless plosive and fricative sounds with glottal stops (simultaneous production of 2 places of productions), along with weak intraoral pressure and hypernasality, all compromising speech intelligibility. To address place of articulation, strategies to increase intraoral air pressure were used along with visual, auditory and tactile feedback, emphasizing the therapy target and the air pressure and airflow during plosive and fricative sound productions. After the first two phases of the program, oral place of articulation of the targets were achieved consistently. During the third phase, velopharyngeal closure during speech was systematically addressed using a bulb reduction program with the objective of achieving velopharyngeal closure during speech consistently. After the intensive speech therapy program involving the use of a pharyngeal obturator, we observed absence of hypernasality and compensatory articulation with improved speech intelligibility.