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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20022484.v1
title: Synchronous teleconsultation in the management of temporomandibular disorder

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to analyze synchronous teleconsultation as a support tool in the management of temporomandibular disorders in primary health care and to identify which factors have an impact on decisions about teleconsultation. Methods: retrospective study perfomed in TelessaúdeRS, between May 2018 to May 2020. This study used primary data from synchronous teleconsultation, requested by primary health care professionals and carried out by multiprofessional teleconsultants. The data collected were the information reported by the requester, the teleconsultant's suggestions and if there was referral of the patient for specialized care after teleconsultation. The statistical association was investigated between patient characteristics and decision of teleconsultation; and teleconsultation conduct suggestions and decision of teleconsultation, using Fisher's exact test and modeling was performed using binary logistic regression considering 5% of significance (p≤0.05). Results: during the period, 56 teleconsultations had a temporomandibular diagnostic hypothesis, these 79.2% patients were female and the average age was 43.7 years. In 59.1% of teleconsultations, primary care management was suggested, with 72.4% of patients being managed. An association was found between the decision of teleconsultation and referral to specialized care (p &lt;000.1). The trauma report (p = 0.004) was associated with a greater chance of being referred for special care and suggestions for pharmacological (p &lt;0.001) and non-pharmacological (p = 0.007) treatments were introduced among the teleconsultation managed in primary care. Conclusion: teleconsultation helped to manage the majority of temporomandibular disorder, streamlining care and having the potential to avoid unnecessary referrals to special care.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20022482
title: Using a screening tool to identify the auditory behavior of students who are learning to read and write

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to analyze the use of a screening tool, by teachers, to identify the auditory behavior of students who are learning to read and write. Methods: a cross-sectional study including 22 students who answered the Fisher’s Auditory Problems Checklist (QFISHER). The analysis of this questionnaire approached the categories of hearing, attention, memory, language, and school performance. The chi-square statistical test and Mann-Whitney test were used to compare the scores between the age groups, considering the 5% significance level. Results: school performance had the worst frequency in QFISHER (87.72%), followed by attention (62.10%), language (60.53%), and hearing (59.65%). The median revealed worse assessment in school performance (100.0%) followed by attention (60.0%). The QFISHER overall score was 66.7%. The comparison between age groups did not reveal any significant difference for the domains assessed. Conclusion: the QFISHER, used by teachers, as a screening tool for children who are learning to read and write, can identify behavioral changes suggestive of auditory processing disorder, broadening the possibility of early interventions.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20022482.v1
title: Using a screening tool to identify the auditory behavior of students who are learning to read and write

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to analyze the use of a screening tool, by teachers, to identify the auditory behavior of students who are learning to read and write. Methods: a cross-sectional study including 22 students who answered the Fisher’s Auditory Problems Checklist (QFISHER). The analysis of this questionnaire approached the categories of hearing, attention, memory, language, and school performance. The chi-square statistical test and Mann-Whitney test were used to compare the scores between the age groups, considering the 5% significance level. Results: school performance had the worst frequency in QFISHER (87.72%), followed by attention (62.10%), language (60.53%), and hearing (59.65%). The median revealed worse assessment in school performance (100.0%) followed by attention (60.0%). The QFISHER overall score was 66.7%. The comparison between age groups did not reveal any significant difference for the domains assessed. Conclusion: the QFISHER, used by teachers, as a screening tool for children who are learning to read and write, can identify behavioral changes suggestive of auditory processing disorder, broadening the possibility of early interventions.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20022485
title: Vocabulary performance of children up to 36 months of age with Down syndrome

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: this study aimed to analyze the vocabulary performance of children with Down syndrome, up to 36 months of age, in different semantic categories. Methods: eighteen children with Down syndrome, between 8 and 36 months of age. Section D of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory was applied with guardians: First Words and Gestures, in order to obtain expressive and receptive performance in 22 semantic categories. The data were analyzed in a descriptive and inferential manner, using the Kruskal-Wallis, Spearman's correlation and Tukey's range tests (p &lt;0.05). Results: children had higher performance averages in understanding semantic categories than in understanding and expression. The “action words” were the most understood ones, while the “people” category was the most understood and expressed. The greater the chronological age, the greater the children's vocabulary. A statistical difference was found between the understanding of nouns and other categories, according to chronological age, with a greater performance after 24 months of age. Conclusion: children with Down syndrome, up to 36 months of age, perform better in understanding vocabulary in all semantic categories.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20022485.v1
title: Vocabulary performance of children up to 36 months of age with Down syndrome

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: this study aimed to analyze the vocabulary performance of children with Down syndrome, up to 36 months of age, in different semantic categories. Methods: eighteen children with Down syndrome, between 8 and 36 months of age. Section D of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory was applied with guardians: First Words and Gestures, in order to obtain expressive and receptive performance in 22 semantic categories. The data were analyzed in a descriptive and inferential manner, using the Kruskal-Wallis, Spearman's correlation and Tukey's range tests (p &lt;0.05). Results: children had higher performance averages in understanding semantic categories than in understanding and expression. The “action words” were the most understood ones, while the “people” category was the most understood and expressed. The greater the chronological age, the greater the children's vocabulary. A statistical difference was found between the understanding of nouns and other categories, according to chronological age, with a greater performance after 24 months of age. Conclusion: children with Down syndrome, up to 36 months of age, perform better in understanding vocabulary in all semantic categories.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20022488
title: Postural balance in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to characterize the performance of children with autism spectrum disorders in two postural balance assessment scales. Methods: an observational cross-sectional study with a descriptive, analytical profile. Seven to 11-year-old children with mild autism spectrum disorder, diagnosed by an interdisciplinary team, according to the DSM-5, were assessed. The protocols used were the Sensory Organization Test and Pediatric Balance Scale. Results: all the children obtained maximum performance in the Sensory Organization Test. As for the Pediatric Balance Scale, the participants had similar responses in 8 out of its 14 items; in the other 6, there was a standard deviation. Conclusion: the participants did not have difficulties performing the Pediatric Balance Scale and Sensory Organization Test, scoring quite close to the maximum value.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20022488.v1
title: Postural balance in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to characterize the performance of children with autism spectrum disorders in two postural balance assessment scales. Methods: an observational cross-sectional study with a descriptive, analytical profile. Seven to 11-year-old children with mild autism spectrum disorder, diagnosed by an interdisciplinary team, according to the DSM-5, were assessed. The protocols used were the Sensory Organization Test and Pediatric Balance Scale. Results: all the children obtained maximum performance in the Sensory Organization Test. As for the Pediatric Balance Scale, the participants had similar responses in 8 out of its 14 items; in the other 6, there was a standard deviation. Conclusion: the participants did not have difficulties performing the Pediatric Balance Scale and Sensory Organization Test, scoring quite close to the maximum value.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20022490
title: Hearing and language screening in preschoolers

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to describe the results of preschooler hearing and language screening and the association between them. Methods: a study with 75 children enrolled in preschool. The language was screened with the Behavior Observation Guide for 0-to-6-Year-Old Children. The hearing of children up to 1 year and 11 months old was screened with meatoscopy, acoustic immittance, behavioral hearing assessment, and otoacoustic emissions, while those in the age range 2 years or older were screened with meatoscopy, acoustic immittance, and play pure-tone audiometry. The children who failed the screening were referred for diagnosis. The results of the hearing and language assessments were compared with the McNemar test. Results: of the 75 children screened, 18 (24%) failed the hearing tests and 11 (15%) failed the language test. Hearing impairment was confirmed in 12 (66%) of those referred for diagnosis, and language impairment, in 10 (90%) of them. There was no association between hearing and language impairments (p = 0.230). Conclusion: hearing and language impairments were found in preschoolers. Although they were not associated, they can impact academic performance. This result emphasizes the need for developing strategies to implement preschooler screening programs that include hearing and language.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20022490.v1
title: Hearing and language screening in preschoolers

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to describe the results of preschooler hearing and language screening and the association between them. Methods: a study with 75 children enrolled in preschool. The language was screened with the Behavior Observation Guide for 0-to-6-Year-Old Children. The hearing of children up to 1 year and 11 months old was screened with meatoscopy, acoustic immittance, behavioral hearing assessment, and otoacoustic emissions, while those in the age range 2 years or older were screened with meatoscopy, acoustic immittance, and play pure-tone audiometry. The children who failed the screening were referred for diagnosis. The results of the hearing and language assessments were compared with the McNemar test. Results: of the 75 children screened, 18 (24%) failed the hearing tests and 11 (15%) failed the language test. Hearing impairment was confirmed in 12 (66%) of those referred for diagnosis, and language impairment, in 10 (90%) of them. There was no association between hearing and language impairments (p = 0.230). Conclusion: hearing and language impairments were found in preschoolers. Although they were not associated, they can impact academic performance. This result emphasizes the need for developing strategies to implement preschooler screening programs that include hearing and language.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20022491
title: Influence of different types of noise on sentence recognition in normally hearing adults

description: ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze speech perception in normally hearing adults when listening in silence and with different types of noise. Methods: 40 individuals of both sexes, aged 18 to 45 years, participated in the study. Speech perception was assessed with the Lists of Sentences in Portuguese test, without a competing noise and with speech-spectrum, babble, and cocktail party noise. A mixed-effects linear regression model and the 95% confidence interval were used. Results: the subjects’ performance was worse in the three types of noise than in silence. When comparing the types of noise, differences were found in all combinations (speech-spectrum X babble, speech-spectrum X cocktail party, and babble X cocktail party), with a worse performance in babble, noise, followed by cocktail party. Conclusion: all noises negatively influenced speech perception, with a worse performance in babble, followed by cocktail party and speech-spectrum.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20022493
title: The relevance of family engagement in the implementation of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to analyze the relevance of family engagement in the implementation of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) in children presented with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Methods: a longitudinal study with a sample of 22 mother- child dyads with ASD; 17 boys and 5 girls, with a mean age of 7 years and 2 months. The Executor Skills Protocol was used. The PECS implementation program consisted of 24 therapy sessions with the active presence of mothers. The family's support was measured by the frequency of the sessions. Spearman's correlation test and a significance level of 0.05% were used. Results: mothers performed most tasks correctly in the first three phases. There was a tendency to correlation between the executor´s skills and the number of sessions in all phases of the program, and in the four initial phases, the indexes showed a statistical significance. Family compliance was 96%. Conclusion: family engagement was relevant for the appropriation of children to the PECS during the time of exposure, reaching phases of discrimination and construction of sentences with cards.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20022493.v1
title: The relevance of family engagement in the implementation of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to analyze the relevance of family engagement in the implementation of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) in children presented with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Methods: a longitudinal study with a sample of 22 mother- child dyads with ASD; 17 boys and 5 girls, with a mean age of 7 years and 2 months. The Executor Skills Protocol was used. The PECS implementation program consisted of 24 therapy sessions with the active presence of mothers. The family's support was measured by the frequency of the sessions. Spearman's correlation test and a significance level of 0.05% were used. Results: mothers performed most tasks correctly in the first three phases. There was a tendency to correlation between the executor´s skills and the number of sessions in all phases of the program, and in the four initial phases, the indexes showed a statistical significance. Family compliance was 96%. Conclusion: family engagement was relevant for the appropriation of children to the PECS during the time of exposure, reaching phases of discrimination and construction of sentences with cards.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20022494
title: Screening for language development of preterm infants: relationship between two assessment instruments

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to associate two screening instruments used to assess global and language development of preterm infants. Methods: a study including 69 children aged 0-24 months of corrected age, premature at birth, who were admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Researchers used an anamnesis and two protocols: Early Language Milestone Scale (ELM) and Observation and Monitoring Guide for Children from 0-48 months of age. According to the categorical and numerical variables, the protocols were associated with each other through descriptive percentages and non-parametric statistical tests, such as the Chi-square, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis test and multiple correspondences (p&lt;0.05). Results: a significant relationship was found between the Guide and the ELM, since the “not expected for the age” classification was associated with delayed/pathological classification in the Guide, while “expected” results were related to “adequate”. There was also a relationship between the percentile of both instruments, as the higher the Guide value, the higher the ELM values (ELM-R=0.564; p=0.000), suggesting that both protocols complement each other in the evaluation results. Conclusion: the protocols for the assessment of language acquisition in children showed to be complementary, providing a complete assessment and relevant data on the development of preterm infants.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20022496
title: Analysis of the main criteria used in expert handwriting analysis of signatures

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to analyze the criteria most used by experts in the handwriting analysis report. Methods: a descriptive, quantitative, inferential, and cross-sectional study, with statistical analysis of the results obtained with a form administered to the experts. The statistical calculations were made with R language, version 4.0.1, with statistical significance set at 5%. Results: the absolute frequency analysis indicated a greater occurrence of the use of initial and final pen strokes and handwriting progress, with a relative frequency above 70%. A detailed evaluation with univariate analysis showed that these criteria are not relevant to correct conclusions in the expert analysis report. It also pointed out that morphology is a relevant criterion to infer whether an evaluation is correct. The data showed that initial pen stroke, inclination, dynamism, and evolution, when observed in terms of multivariate modeling, were not significant, indicating that subjectivity is essential for the experts to make correct analyses. Conclusion: the most reported expert handwriting analysis criteria in relation to the experts’ correct analyses were not statistically relevant for the development of the analysis reports.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20022496.v1
title: Analysis of the main criteria used in expert handwriting analysis of signatures

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to analyze the criteria most used by experts in the handwriting analysis report. Methods: a descriptive, quantitative, inferential, and cross-sectional study, with statistical analysis of the results obtained with a form administered to the experts. The statistical calculations were made with R language, version 4.0.1, with statistical significance set at 5%. Results: the absolute frequency analysis indicated a greater occurrence of the use of initial and final pen strokes and handwriting progress, with a relative frequency above 70%. A detailed evaluation with univariate analysis showed that these criteria are not relevant to correct conclusions in the expert analysis report. It also pointed out that morphology is a relevant criterion to infer whether an evaluation is correct. The data showed that initial pen stroke, inclination, dynamism, and evolution, when observed in terms of multivariate modeling, were not significant, indicating that subjectivity is essential for the experts to make correct analyses. Conclusion: the most reported expert handwriting analysis criteria in relation to the experts’ correct analyses were not statistically relevant for the development of the analysis reports.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20022494.v1
title: Screening for language development of preterm infants: relationship between two assessment instruments

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to associate two screening instruments used to assess global and language development of preterm infants. Methods: a study including 69 children aged 0-24 months of corrected age, premature at birth, who were admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Researchers used an anamnesis and two protocols: Early Language Milestone Scale (ELM) and Observation and Monitoring Guide for Children from 0-48 months of age. According to the categorical and numerical variables, the protocols were associated with each other through descriptive percentages and non-parametric statistical tests, such as the Chi-square, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis test and multiple correspondences (p&lt;0.05). Results: a significant relationship was found between the Guide and the ELM, since the “not expected for the age” classification was associated with delayed/pathological classification in the Guide, while “expected” results were related to “adequate”. There was also a relationship between the percentile of both instruments, as the higher the Guide value, the higher the ELM values (ELM-R=0.564; p=0.000), suggesting that both protocols complement each other in the evaluation results. Conclusion: the protocols for the assessment of language acquisition in children showed to be complementary, providing a complete assessment and relevant data on the development of preterm infants.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20022499
title: Feeding of children with tracheostomy at hospital discharge

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to describe the work of speech-language-hearing therapists and verify which was the most prevalent feeding method in the sample studied. Methods: a descriptive observational study based on data surveyed from medical records. The following variables were used: age, medical diagnosis, hospital ward, feeding method before and after the tracheostomy, time of speech-language-hearing care, and speech-language-hearing discharge. The data were submitted to descriptive statistical analysis with the appropriate tests to compare the categorical variables. All infants and children with tracheostomy performed either before or during hospital stay between July 2017 and July 2018, who received speech-language-hearing care upon request of the physician, were included. Results: a total of 51 children took part in the study, most of whom were males (56.9%), with a median age of 12 months, ranging from 1 month to 12 years old at the time of the speech-language-hearing assessment. The feeding methods at hospital discharge were described as follows: full oral feeding (37%), partial oral feeding (25.5%), nasogastric/nasoenteral tube (19.6%), and gastrostomy (17.6%). Conclusion: the full oral diet of tracheostomized children was the most prevalent feeding method at hospital speech-language-hearing discharge.