Study of pauses in speech stutterers and fluent

• Grant number: 13/27052-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2014
• End date: December 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Speech Therapy
• Principal Investigator: Cristiane Moço Canhetti de Oliveira
• Grantee: Paloma Roberta Rodrigues da Silva
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências (FFC). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Marília. Marília , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Purpose: to realize quantitative and qualitative analysis of pause and hesitative pause of the speech of adults with persistent developmental stuttering and adult without stuttering regarding to the percentage of occurrence, position in relation to the phrase and the duration. Methods: Thirty adults divided in two groups will participate of this study: Experimental Group composed by 15 adults with persistent developmental stuttering (AWS), and Control Group composed by 15 adults who not stutter (AWNS). The adults will be from 18 to 59 years old, of both genders. The inclusion criteria will be: present stuttering complaint by the participants, the stuttering must be initiated during the childhood, stuttering-like disfluencies (SLD) manifested by more than 12 months, have to demonstrate at least 3% stuttering-like-disfluencies (SLD) in speech sample obtained by examiner, and at least "mild" stuttering on the Stuttering Severity Instrument 4 (SSI-4). Two procedures will be used: fluency assessment and Stuttering Severity Instrument for the participants of the experimental group. The data in this study will be analyzed by statistical and qualitative method. (AU)