Voice therapy with a respiratory approach in older people: an integrative literature review

ABSTRACT Purpose: to characterize voice therapy with a respiratory approach in dysphonic older people. Methods: search made PubMed, VHL, Scopus, Web of Science, and EMBASE. Original studies English, Spanish, Portuguese, addressing combination the population, were included. The analysis encompassed sex, age, associated etiology, session frequency duration, exercise dosage, intervention, benefits. Results: altogether, 1,425 articles found, which only nine included review. In for people, following strategies stood out: Vocal Function Exercises, Lee Silverman Voice Treatment®, ParkinSong, tubes immersed water. These approaches change laryngeal muscle function impulse support increase vocal intensity. main therapeutic findings improved auditory-perceptual, acoustic, aerodynamic parameters, maximum phonation time, phonatory effort level, quality. Conclusion: characteristically used aimed at both general population those neurological dysphonia. Their results showed improvement frequency, resonance, intensity control, breathing/phonation coordination.