Nonverbal praxis in speech pathology: literature review

ABSTRACT Speech is defined as a motor representation of language, where there is a coordination of three neurological processes: organization of concepts, formulation and symbolic expression; motor act of programming involved in speech production and own motor speech production. The Motor Speech Control, that orders the muscle contraction for the execution of Speech, includes planning, preparing movements and the implementation of plans to result in muscle contractions and dislocations of structures that will culminate in the articulation of Speech. National and international scientific papers envision a new speech playing field for working with a Speech changed with the stimulation of non-verbal Praxis. The aim of this study was to review the national and international literature which the treatment given to Oral Praxis and non verbal and scores the clinical applications in the Speech therapy. We conducted a search in the databases PubMed, Lilacs and Scielo. The 40 selected citations were assessed critically as the objectives, results and conclusions. The articles showed that non-verbal praxis can be stimulated for clinical work with speech, but nevertheless, there is not a description of this speech therapy. Any article referred that the non-verbal Praxis should be worked, not even how to stimulate motor programming for Speech. This study suggests the clinical necessity to create speech therapy tools that include stimulation of non-verbal Praxis to work with the articulation of Speech.