Stuttering intervention in children: an integrative literature review
Intervención de la tartamudez en niños: una revisión integrativa de la literatura
Daniela Rojas Contreras; Pamela Saavedra Rojas; Sergio Luis Aravena Gallardo
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Objetivo: describir las metodologías de intervención implementadas durante los últimos años en niños con tartamudez
Métodos: se realizó la búsqueda de artículos empíricos de tratamiento en niños con tartamudez entre los 2.5 a 7 años. Se consideraron artículos publicados entre enero del año 2014 a junio del año 2020. La búsqueda se realizó en las bases de datos Embase, WOS, Pubmed y Scopus. Junto a lo anterior se realizó un análisis de las referencias de los artículos seleccionados.
Revisión de la Literatura: se seleccionaron 11 artículos de 1.099 revisados. Se observaron distintas propuestas de intervención de las cuales el Programa Lidcombe es el que mayor evidencia presenta. La mayoría de las investigaciones fueron realizadas en hablantes de lengua inglesa. Los participantes son evaluados tanto en aspectos lingüísticos como no lingüísticos. Todos consideraron la participación de los padres en la intervención. No hubo investigaciones con mediciones a más de 24 meses. Predomina la modalidad de intervención individual.
Conclusión: se evidencian buenos resultados terapéuticos en todas las intervenciones revisadas. En las investigaciones que compararon dos tipos de tratamiento no se observó la superioridad de uno por sobre otro.
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Submitted date:
09/22/2021
Accepted date:
05/02/2022