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| Author(s): |
Furquim de Andrade, Claudia Regina
[1]
;
Sassi, Fernanda Chiarion
[1]
;
Juste, Fabiola
[1]
;
Zanotto de Mendonca, Lucia Iracema
[2]
Total Authors: 4
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Med, Dept Physiotherapy Speech Language & Hearing Sci, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] FMUSP, Hosp Clin, Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria; v. 66, n. 3B, p. 659-664, SEP 2008. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 4 |
| Abstract | |
Background: One contemporary view of stuttering posits that speech disfluencies arise from anomalous speech motor control. Purpose: To verify the rest muscle tension and speech reaction time of fluent and stuttering adults. Method: 22 adults, divided in two groups: G1 - 11 fluent individuals; G2 - 11 stutterers. Electromyography recordings (inferior orbicularis oris) were collected in two different situations: during rest and in a reaction time activity. Results: The groups were significantly different considering rest muscle tension (G2 higher recordings) and did not differ when considering speech reaction time and muscle activity during speech. There was a strong positive correlation between speech reaction time and speech muscle activity for G2 - the longer the speech reaction time, the higher the muscle activity during speech. Conclusion: In addition to perceptible episodes of speech disfluency, stutterers exhibit anomalies in speech motor output during fluent speech. Correlations with a possible cortical-subcortical disorder are discussed. (AU) | |