Abstract:
PURPOSE:
to investigate the linguistic evolutions of patients with language disorders, with a focus on the area (s) (s) of interest accessed (s) in speech therapy, ranging from the Theory of Multiple Intelligences.
METHODS:
this research appears as quantitative and qualitative. The 562 therapeutic developments of 41 records of patients treated at the Department of Language, Speech and Hearing a service linked to a federal university of Brazil were investigated, two types of data analysis were conducted: content analysis through the organization of categories of analysis to data interpretation and, statistical analysis, with application of Chi-square test.
RESULT:
both the statistical analysis of the data, as the content analysis, it became evident that the more therapeutic strategies beheld (s) area (s) of interest of the patient in therapy, it was his best performance in verbal language/intelligence linguistic focus of language intervention.
CONCLUSION:
when accessing other area (s) of interest related to multiple intelligences, can promote further development of verbal language/linguistic intelligence of patients with a deficit or alteration in it.
Keywords:
Language Therapy; Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Intelligence
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(1) It is implied that in all strategies the linguistic intelligence is being worked, so it is not mentioned in the chart, only the other intelligences, according to Gardner (2010).(2)This development was put in the figure so the readers can visualize the complexity of the performed content analysis, as in most of the developments there is the registration of the activities which approach more than one multiple intelligence, apart from the linguistic intelligence.(3) This example was inserted in the figure to illustrate that some developments approach only the activity description, not the patient's performance during therapy, making it impossible to make their content analysis.
