| Grant number: | 17/06313-1 |
| Support type: | Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation |
| Effective date (Start): | November 01, 2017 |
| Effective date (End): | October 31, 2018 |
| Field of knowledge: | Health Sciences - Speech Therapy |
| Principal Investigator: | Cristiane Moço Canhetti de Oliveira |
| Grantee: | Juliana Lupo Mereles |
| Home Institution: | Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências (FFC). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Marília. Marília , SP, Brazil |
Abstract Speech-language intervention in cluttering is a rarely subject explored in the literature. Aim: to verify the effectiveness of a therapeutic program existing and used in the institution to reduce and control the speech rate of clutterers by comparing the speech fluency in pre-and post-therapeutic program regarding to speech rate and frequency of disfluencies. Methods: Participants will be 5 adults who clutter of both genders in the age group between 18 and 59 years and 11 months. The diagnosis of cluttering will be performed by a speech therapist that had experience in the area. All participants should present an increase in the number of other disfluencies and rapid speech rate. The following procedures will be used: specific clinical history, fluency assessment and application of Predictive Cluttering Instrument (PCI) in pre-and post-therapeutic program (8 sessions). Analysis of the results: statistical analysis of data. Expected results: It is believed that in the post-therapeutic assessment the clutterers will present a lower speech rate, as well as a lower frequency of disfluencies when compared to the fluency assessment in pre-therapeutic program. (AU) | |