title: Impact of auditory training for perceptual assessment of voice executed by undergraduate students in Speech-Language Pathology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the impact of auditory training for auditory-perceptual assessment carried out by Speech-Language Pathology undergraduate students.
  
  
  METHODS
  During two semesters, 17 undergraduate students enrolled in theoretical subjects regarding phonation (Phonation/Phonation Disorders) analyzed samples of altered and unaltered voices (selected for this purpose), using the GRBAS scale. All subjects received auditory training during nine 15-minute meetings. In each meeting, a different parameter was presented using the different voices sample, with predominance of the trained aspect in each session. Sample assessment using the scale was carried out before and after training, and in other four opportunities throughout the meetings. Students' assessments were compared to an assessment carried out by three voice-experts speech-language pathologists who were the judges. To verify training effectiveness, the Friedman's test and the Kappa index were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The rate of correct answers in the pre-training was considered between regular and good. It was observed maintenance of the number of correct answers throughout assessments, for most of the scale parameters. In the post-training moment, the students showed improvements in the analysis of asthenia, a parameter that was emphasized during training after the students reported difficulties analyzing it. There was a decrease in the number of correct answers for the roughness parameter after it was approached segmented into hoarseness and harshness, and observed in association with different diagnoses and acoustic parameters.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Auditory training enhances students' initial abilities to perform the evaluation, aside from guiding adjustments in the dynamics of the university subject.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Regiane Serafim Abreu
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simões-Zenari
authors.forename: Nair Kátia
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Nemr
mesh_terms: D004500:Education, Graduate / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology / Q000193:education*; D013336:Students, Health Occupations; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*