title: A warning to the Brazilian Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology community about the importance of scientific and clinical activities in primary progressive aphasia.
abstract: This article aims to warn the Brazilian Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology scientific community about the importance and necessity of scientific and clinical activities regarding Primary Progressive Aphasia. This warning is based on a systematic literature review of the scientific production on Primary Progressive Aphasia, from which nine Brazilian articles were selected. It was observed that there is an obvious lack of studies on the subject, as all the retrieved articles were published in medical journals and much of it consisted of small samples; only two articles described the effectiveness of speech-language therapy in patients with Primary Progressive Aphasia. A perspective for the future in the area and characteristics of Speech-Language Therapy for Primary Progressive Aphasia are discussed. As a conclusion, it is evident the need for greater action by Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology on Primary Progressive Aphasia.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Bárbara Costa
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Beber
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Saúde e Comunicação Humana, Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lenisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brandão
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Márcia Lorena Fagundes
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Chaves
mesh_terms: D018888:Aphasia, Primary Progressive; D001298:Audiology; D035843:Biomedical Research; D001938:Brazil; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology