Criando fonolingo: um aplicativo móvel para avaliação de fala e linguagem na clínica fonoaudiológica

Abstract

Problem: Digital health has been the fastest growing sector in recent years, reflecting in all areas, including speech therapy. However, the speech language evaluation performed by the speech therapist is done in a traditional way and not unified by means of long protocols with graphic design that is not innovative, exhaustive, unattractive and static. In order to solve this problem, Fonolingo was developed, a mobile app that serves as a tool for unified speech and language assessment in the speech therapy clinic. Approach: The app was developed by an interprofessional team consisting of teachers and students of speech therapy, computer science and design courses, using the methodological approach of Design Thinking respecting its steps of Inspiration, Ideation, Prototyping, and Testing and sharing. Outcomes: The target audience of the application are speech therapists and students, who will be able to perform language assessment in a unified, interactive and attractive way for the user and the patient at the levels: Behavioral, Pragmatic, Semantics, Phonology and Morphosyntax, or the choice of language. general assessment where all levels are jointly addressed. Next Steps: Fonolingo is in the prototyping stage. Following will be the testing and implementation steps that will be scaled in the practical test in clinical situations so that after the test the application can be available in online stores. The authors still plan to conduct further qualitative study and the translation and cultural adaptation of this app for different languages.