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obstructive sleep apena
speech therapy
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Purpose: to know the interventions carried out in orofacial myofunctional therapy that currently exist in adult patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea. Methods: the search was carried out in Pubmed, Google Scholar, Scielo, Science Direct, Cochrane and BVS databases with the Mesh terms of “Obstructive Sleep Apnea”, “Myofunctional Therapy, and “Speech Therapy”. A total of 12 original articles were selected from 2003 to 2023 with various interventions in orofacial myofunctional therapy. Results: muscle strengthening of the upper airway, through this speech therapy intervention, generates significant benefits and improvements in the signs and symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea. In addition to subjective improvement in daytime sleepiness and sleep quality. Significant improvements were also evident in neck circumference, witnessed apnea, and snoring intensity. Conclusion: all articles in the study propose applying various interventions in myofunctional therapy and affirm improvement in the quality of nighttime sleep, influencing a decrease in daytime sleepiness, an increase in oropharyngeal muscle tone, reduction in the severity of OSAS and in general an improvement in the quality of life of the subjects investigated.References
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