Abstract:
The Muscular Dystrophy Oculo-pharyngeal myopathology is a hereditary autosomal dominant, late-onset, with clinical signs of ptosis and oral pharyngeal dysphagia, this may be associated to the proximal muscle weakness. This study examines the speech therapy conduct in a case of oculus-pharyngeal dystrophy. The subject was treated in the speech-language therapy outpatient since March 2013, with biweekly sessions, being changed to weekly sessions from July of the same year. The therapy consists of improving mobility of oral facial structures; organization of the pneumonic articulatory coordination; frequent revaluations of the swallowing disorders, with the register of the episodes of signals and symptoms of swallowing disorders in the habitual feeding, as well as, by the verification of the usual diet consistencies with security maneuver (chin-chest); weight check; using the habitual daily swallowing disorders diary, and orientation for the accomplishment of the daily oral facials exercises at home. She had stabilization of the clinical picture and the corporal weight during the year of attendance, with posterior retaken of disease progression. The suggested clinical aiming is of interdisciplinary boarding, having as contribution from speech and language therapy, the aiding of a safe feeding, the facilitation of the verbal communication and improvement of the quality of life.
Keywords:
Deglutition Disorders; Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal; Nervous System Diseases; Voice; Speech; Language
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