Speech language therapy practice in a bilingual dialogical clinic: case report

Speech language therapies in a bilingual dialogical clinic conceive language as interaction and part of each inidividual’s history, enabling deaf people to access Brazilian sign language and the Portuguese language.

Purpose  this study aims to discuss the use of Brazilian sign language as the first language for a deaf individual going to a bilingual dialogic clinic from dialogic activities.

Methods  This is a longitudinal study, including one deaf individual, called N, interacting with his family and speech therapists.

Results  During the therapeutic process developed inside the bilingual dialogical clinic, N participated in interactive contexts and could constitute himself as author of his sign language texts. In addition, he started to act dialogically and use verbal and nonverbal signs.

Conclusion  Through interactive and dialogical situations developed inside the speech language therapy clinic, this deaf participant got control of his sign language, and started to get interest in and control of the Portuguese language, especially in the written form.

Keywords:
Speech Language and Hearing Sciences; Deafness; Language; Therapy