Speech-language-hearing instruments to assess peripheral facial palsy: an integrative literature review

ABSTRACT Purpose: to describe and analyze the clinical instruments that assess peripheral facial palsy through an integrative literature review. Methods: the precepts for this type of review were followed: research question, identification, selection of studies, and critical analysis. The Virtual Health Library (VHL), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Google Scholar, and PubMed databases were accessed to search for fully available articles published in national journals between January 2008 and July 2018. The terms used in the search were “Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences”, “Evaluation”, and “Facial Paralysis”, in both English and Portuguese. The data obtained were organized per author, title, objective, instruments used, description of the instruments, and application procedures used in the articles. Results: out of the total 992 articles found, only 18 met the inclusion criteria of the research. In most of them, there was only the citation of the assessment instruments or considerations about them, without fully describing the application procedures. Conclusion: the study identified publications that indicate the use of clinical and speech-language-hearing assessment instruments. However, further detailing is necessary regarding the assessment procedures to help develop and refine the speech-language-hearing methodologies and techniques.

摘要 研究目的：通过整合性文献综述，描述并分析用于评估周围性面神经麻痹的临床工具。研究方法：遵循此类综述的研究规范，依次完成研究问题确立、文献识别与筛选、批判性分析等流程。检索了虚拟健康图书馆（Virtual Health Library, VHL）、在线科学电子图书馆（Scientific Electronic Library Online, SciELO）、谷歌学术（Google Scholar）及PubMed数据库，检索范围为2008年1月至2018年7月间发表于国内期刊的可获取完整内容的学术文章。本次检索使用的术语涵盖“言语语言与听力学（Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences）”“评估（Evaluation）”及“面神经麻痹（Facial Paralysis）”，分别以英文及葡萄牙语进行表述。将提取的数据按作者、标题、研究目的、所用评估工具、工具描述及文献中的应用流程进行分类整理。研究结果：共检索到992篇文献，其中仅18篇符合本研究的纳入标准。多数纳入文献仅对评估工具进行了引用或简要评述，未完整阐述其实际应用流程。研究结论：本研究发现已有文献提及临床及言语语言听力学评估工具的应用，但仍需进一步细化评估流程，以助力言语语言听力学相关方法与技术的开发与优化。