Communication disorders action and visual impairment: what the ophthalmologist and rehabilitation professionals think about it

• Grant number: 19/01238-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2019
• End date: December 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Speech Therapy
• Principal Investigator: Rita de Cássia Ietto Montilha
• Grantee: Pedro Henrique Silva Carvalho
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project, linked to the research The itinerary of the person with vision desabilities in the health services and rehabilitation in a municipality in the metropolitan region of Campinas - São Paulo, aims to know the perceptions of ophthalmologists and rehabilitation professionals regarding the speech therapy to people with visual impairment. The qualitative method was used. For the data collection will be selected cuts of semi-structured interviews that compose the corpus of the linked research and that answers to the aims of the research, for presentation and discussion of the selected data, has been chosen the content analysis. The research was approved by the Research Ethics Committee (FCM) FCM-Unicamp and all participants signed the informed consent form.