title: Electropalatography and its correlation to tongue movement ultrasonography in speech analysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the use of electropalatography and ultrasonography regarding speech therapy through literature narrative review.
  
  
  METHODS
  A literature review was conducted at PubMed and Scielo databases, using descriptors as electropalatography, electropalatography AND evaluation, electropalatography AND therapy, electropalatography AND ultrasonography, electropalatography AND speech.
  
  
  METHODS
  The research criteria selected in the database were: studies in the past five years and studies in humans. In the pre-selection, studies that were duplicate, not fully available, and have shown no direct relation with electropalatography in speech-language therapy were discarded.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data analysis was performed descriptively, following subdivisions: title, area, year, subject, implementation, and conclusion of the study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty one papers were selected, eight of them using the term electropalatography, two with the keywords electropalatography AND evaluation, six with the keywords electropalatography AND therapy, three of them with the keywords electropalatography AND ultrasonography, and two papers with the keywords electropalatography AND speech.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Different types of research involving the use of electropalatography in the field of speech-language therapy were found and analyzed. Few researches have concomitantly used electropalatography and ultrasonography.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM - Santa Maria (RS), Brasil.
authors.forename: Luciana da Silva
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Barberena
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM - Santa Maria (RS), Brasil.
authors.forename: Caroline Rodrigues
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Portalete
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM - Santa Maria (RS), Brasil.
authors.forename: Simone Nicolini de
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Simoni
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM - Santa Maria (RS), Brasil.
authors.forename: Ana Cristina Melo
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Prates
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM - Santa Maria (RS), Brasil.
authors.forename: Márcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Keske-Soares
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM - Santa Maria (RS), Brasil.
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mancopes
mesh_terms: D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014059:Tongue / Q000502:physiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography