Perfil comunicativo de indivíduos com a síndrome de Williams-Beuren
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2007-03-01
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Rossi, Natalia Freitas [UNESP]
Moretti-Ferreira, Danilo [UNESP]
Giacheti, Célia Maria [UNESP]
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Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia
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OBJETIVO: Descrever o perfil comunicativo de indivíduos com a síndrome de Williams-Beuren. MÉTODOS: A casuística foi composta por 12 indivíduos com a síndrome com idade cronológica entre 6;6 a 23;6 (Grupo 1) que foram comparados a outros 12 sem a síndrome e com idade mental semelhante e sem dificuldades de linguagem/aprendizagem (Grupo 2). Os indivíduos foram avaliados em situação de conversação para classificação dos comportamentos verbais e não-verbais, segundo critérios pragmáticos, levantamento do número de turnos por minuto, enunciados por turno, Extensão Média de Enunciados, levantamento quanto à freqüência e tipologia de disfluências da fala e classificação quanto ao tipo de pausas plenas do discurso. RESULTADOS: O perfil comunicativo do Grupo 1 mostrou facilidade para interagirem em situação de comunicação com a presença de limitações lingüísticas estruturais e funcionais variáveis, quando comparados aos indivíduos do Grupo 2. Os indivíduos do Grupo 1 freqüentemente utilizaram estratégias comunicativas, na tentativa de preencherem o espaço comunicativo, como o uso de clichês, efeitos sonoros, recursos entonacionais e as pausas plenas que mostraram ser favoráveis do ponto de vista sócio-comunicativo, enquanto que os comportamentos verbais ecolálicos e perseverativos prejudicam o desempenho comunicativo desses indivíduos. CONCLUSÃO: O desempenho comunicativo mais prejudicado do Grupo 1 permitiu especular que comprometimentos lingüísticos nesta condição podem estar presentes, independente da diferença entre idade cronológica e mental. Estudos mais abrangentes poderão responder ao questionamento da dissociação de habilidades cognitivas e lingüísticas nesta síndrome e também no que diz respeito à complexa esta correlação em meio aos distúrbios da comunicação humana.
PURPOSE: To describe the communicative profile of individuals with Williams-Beuren syndrome. METHODS: The sample comprised 12 subjects with the syndrome, with chronological ages between 6;6 and 23;6 (Group 1), that were compared to other 12 subjects without the syndrome matched by mental age who had no language/learning difficulties (Group 2). The subjects were evaluated during conversational situation in order to classify verbal and non-verbal behaviors according to pragmatic criteria, number of turns per minute, sentences per turn, Mean Length Utterances, frequency and type of speech disfluencies, and classification regarding the type of full pauses of the speech. RESULTS: The communicative profile of Group 1 showed easiness to interact during communication situations that involved the presence of variable structural and functional linguistic limitations, when compared to the subjects of Group 2. The subjects of Group 1 frequently used communicative strategies in the attempt to fill in the communication space, making use of clichés, sound effects, intonation resources and the full pauses, which proved to be favorable from the socio-communicative's point of view, whereas echolalic and perseverative verbal behaviors can harm the communicative performance of these individuals. CONCLUSION: Group 1's worse communicative performance suggests that linguistic disabilities can be found in this condition, independently from the difference between chronological and mental age. Wider studies could allow an answer to the question of whether or not cognitive and linguistic abilities are dissociated in this syndrome, as well as to how complex is such correlation among human communication impairments.
PURPOSE: To describe the communicative profile of individuals with Williams-Beuren syndrome. METHODS: The sample comprised 12 subjects with the syndrome, with chronological ages between 6;6 and 23;6 (Group 1), that were compared to other 12 subjects without the syndrome matched by mental age who had no language/learning difficulties (Group 2). The subjects were evaluated during conversational situation in order to classify verbal and non-verbal behaviors according to pragmatic criteria, number of turns per minute, sentences per turn, Mean Length Utterances, frequency and type of speech disfluencies, and classification regarding the type of full pauses of the speech. RESULTS: The communicative profile of Group 1 showed easiness to interact during communication situations that involved the presence of variable structural and functional linguistic limitations, when compared to the subjects of Group 2. The subjects of Group 1 frequently used communicative strategies in the attempt to fill in the communication space, making use of clichés, sound effects, intonation resources and the full pauses, which proved to be favorable from the socio-communicative's point of view, whereas echolalic and perseverative verbal behaviors can harm the communicative performance of these individuals. CONCLUSION: Group 1's worse communicative performance suggests that linguistic disabilities can be found in this condition, independently from the difference between chronological and mental age. Wider studies could allow an answer to the question of whether or not cognitive and linguistic abilities are dissociated in this syndrome, as well as to how complex is such correlation among human communication impairments.
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Cognição, Comunicação, Linguagem, Síndrome de Williams, Cognition, Communication, Language, Williams syndrome
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia. Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia, v. 12, n. 1, p. 1-9, 2007.