The behavioral theory in speech language and hearing sciences practice: a literature review

Abstract

The aim of this study was to verify in the Brazilian literature scientific productions that contribute to behavioral theory for speech language and hearing pathology performance. The literature review was performed using the databases “Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde” (BVS) and “Scientific Eletronic Library” (SciELO). The descriptors used to locate the articles in Portuguese were “Fonoaudiologia” and “Comportamento”. The first analysis of the articles was performed through the inspection of the title and the abstract. The detailed analysis of the articles was performed using a “Protocol for article classification”. Twelve articles were identified correlating the speech language and hearing sciences and the behavioral approach. It was observed that there was growth of publications in the year of 2007, however, in 2008 it declined again and stabilized in the next four years. In 2013 this production has grown sharply again. Language was predominant, followed by Educational, Audiology, Voice and Fluency among all speech language and hearing sciences specialties. It was concluded that behavioral theory is present in speech language and hearing pathology performance and new studies are needed to investigate international productions.