Terapia fonoaudiológica intensiva e fissura de palato: relato de caso

Intensive therapy has been reported in literature as an option module's initial conventional therapy, because as the patient will realize improvements in his speech, replaced by greater involvement and commitment to therapy. This article reports the experience with a case of intensive speech therapy, comparing the performance in speech production of a patient of 25 years operated cleft palate before and after intensive speech therapy. The service was conducted from July to August, 2009. Had the duration of 30 minutes daily, with the first service was held history and speech and last only a new evaluation, and 18 sessions of intensive care, totaling 20 sessions. Was videotaped sample of spontaneous speech, repetition of a list of words and phrases, and finally, the therapeutic tests in order to determine which phonemes the patient was easier to produce, contributing to development of treatment planning. It was possible to automate setting a phoneme and another of the six worked during the 18 sessions of intensive care. This prompted the patient to continue the process by means of conventional therapy.