Dispnéia em indivíduos com asma, rinite alérgica e respiração oral

Abstract

OBJETIVO: avaliar a presença de dispnéia durante atividades físicas, de fala e sua associação. MÉTODO: a população alvo foi composta de 24 indivíduos com diagnóstico médico prévio de asma, rinite alérgica e respiração oral, onde aplicou-se oralmente em cada individuo o Questionário de Dispnéia traduzido por Cukier (1998), composto por 30 questões que permitiu a quantificação da dispnéia em atividades de fala, físicas e associadas. RESULTADOS: pela análise do questionário verificou-se maior freqüência da dispnéia durante a realização das atividades físicas associadas à fala, seguidas das atividades físicas isoladas e depois associadas as atividades de fala. CONCLUSÕES: as maiores queixas respiratórias foram encontradas nas atividades físicas associadas à fala, seguidas das atividades físicas isoladas. Já nas atividades comunicativas, apenas as atividades que exigiam maior intensidade vocal foram relatadas como dificultosas por alguns indivíduos.

Speech production assessment of mouth breathing children with hypertrophy of palatines and/or pharyngeal tonsils

“…According to the processes occurring during speech production, it was possible to observe more distortions and lingual interpositions in the Research Group (RG). The obtained results corroborate data from other studies 6,24 , which identified the prevalence of the same processes claimed by the authors for impairing the stomatognathic system. According to the literature, hypertrophic palatine tonsils occupy the greatest part of the posterior portion in the oral cavity, thus influencing in the cases of lingual interposition/frontal lisp 22 .…”

“…It is worth analyzing that the full acquisition of Brazilian Portuguese language occurs around five years of age 19 . The current study assessed children between five and 12 years of age, and did not evidence any statistical differences by relating mean age to speech production, similar to what is found in literature 6 . Regarding the association between alterations in speech sound production and gender, the study verified male prevalence.…”

“…As previously mentioned in the methods and results, some variables were assumed as interfering variables in the present study, justifying that they are quite common in mouth breathing children referred to adenotonsillectomy. Speech can be impaired by several factors, such as oral breathing and its etiology, food processes, occlusion, frequency and timespan of deleterious oral habits, hearing, stimulation 22 , and personality, as shyness during the assessment 6 .…”

“…The exchange of nasal respiratory mode for oral one is quite common in the first years of life due to interfering factors 4 , such as organic changes: obstruction of the upper airways (rinitis 5 , hypertrophic palatine and/ or pharyngeal tonsils, deviation of septum, among others), or even non-organic changes, due to deleterious habits 2,6 .…”

Estudo longitudinal de caracterização vocal em canto coral

“…One of the most recurrent infections is rhinitis, which can affect up to 20% of the general population. During data collection, a lot of subjects presented airways deviation, which can be considered a bias in the survey, since this obstruction can cause impairment of vocal emission 1,21,22 .…”