ABSTRACT:
The aim of this review was to assess the scientific evidences and restrictions of the different kinds of voice treatments in Parkinson's disease. The survey of articles was conducted in the databases PubMed/MEDLINE, SciELO and Lilacs. As a search strategy, combinations with the following descriptors were used: "Parkinson disease and vocal therapy"; "Parkinson disease and speech acoustic"; "Parkinson disease and voice". Inclusion criteria were: Portuguese or English language; articles from 2003-2013; and intervention studies. The following exclusion criteria were adopted: those repeated in the databases; animal research. During the search, 351 articles were found, of which only 18 met the inclusion criteria in the study. The results were presented considering the various types of voice treatment in Parkinson's disease, according to the intervention technique: pharmacological, surgical and rehabilitation, identifying authors and the year of publication, the sample characteristics, the type of treatment, the method used and the conclusion of the study. In this study, it was observed reduced scientific literature for voice treatment in Parkinson's disease. Most articles addressed high-cost treatment techniques for voice, or in need of qualification/certification in the method for carrying out the speech therapy.
Keywords:
Parkinson's disease; Speech Disorders; Dysphonia; Speech therapy; Rehabilitation
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