PURPOSE: To propose and evaluate the effectiveness of a Speech Pathology Program for Training of Radio Presenters, which was used with students from a professional radio broadcasting course. METHODS: Seventy adult participants were divided into two groups, matched by age and gender: Group I (research group), composed by 35 subjects from a radio broadcasting course; Group II (control group), composed by 35 adults who spontaneously volunteered to participate on the study. The program was structured in seven modules with the duration of seven weekly lectures. The program was based on the stimulation of 11 aspects, which were presented sequentially. Three types of analysis were carried out: objective analysis of the voice, through the extraction of the fundamental frequency; perceptive-auditory analyses of the vocal use; and objective analysis of the speech rate during a reading task. RESULTS: The results indicated that the groups differed from each other regarding vocal use and speech rate during reading. Regarding the analysis of vocal use, the groups were different on the following parameters: vocal quality, loudness, resonance, coordination between breathing and speaking, articulation, modulation and reading rhythm. Regarding the analysis of speech rate, the groups were different on the numbers of words and syllables per minute. As for the objective analysis of voice, the research group presented differences in their pre and post program application performances, with reduction of the fundamental frequency. CONCLUSION: The results indicate that the program was effective in its proposition, and the parameters in which improvements were observed were those specific for a good broadcasting.
Voice training; Voice; Radio; Speak; Acoustic of speech; Speech perception; Methods; Program development
