Behavioral characteristics of dysphonic children: integrative literature review.

PURPOSE Integrative review of the scientific literature about the behavioral characteristics of dysphonic children discussing profiled and their etiologic relationship with the voice disorder, seeking to define recommendations on the importance of analyzing the behavior of children in voice assessment. RESEARCH STRATEGY Integrative review of articles published in the last 12 years, the Virtual Health Library. SELECTION CRITERIA Set up the theme of "behavioral characteristics of dysphonic children" was selected the databases LILACS, IBECS, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, SciELO and ISI Web of Science and the following inclusion criteria: original articles, publication year from 2000 and 2012, Portuguese, English and Spanish. DATA ANALYSIS Among the 528 articles published childish voice and dysphonia, seven covered the topic researched and were included in the results. RESULTS Observed that four papers studied the behavior of children with vocal nodules, one addressed the behavioral characteristics of children with various types of dysphonic vocal fold lesion and three correlated Attention Deficit Disorder / Hyperactivity and dysphonia. CONCLUSION Not established a behavioral profile of children with vocal disorders, but the results were consistent recommendation for the importance of this analysis in the evaluation of dysphonia in children.