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| Author(s): |
Claudia Regina Furquim de Andrade
[1]
;
Fernanda Chiarion Sassi
[2]
;
Carla Gentile Matas
[3]
;
Ivone Ferreira Neves
[4]
;
Vanessa Oliveira Martins
[5]
Total Authors: 5
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina. Departamento de Fisioterapia, Fonoaudiologia e Terapia Ocupacional
[2] USP. FM. Departamento de Fisioterapia, Fonoaudiologia e Terapia Ocupacional
[3] USP. FM. Departamento de Fisioterapia, Fonoaudiologia e Terapia Ocupacional
[4] USP. FM. Departamento de Fisioterapia, Fonoaudiologia e Terapia Ocupacional
[5] Centro de Saúde Samuel Barnsley Pessoa
Total Affiliations: 5
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Pró-Fono R. Atual. Cient.; v. 19, n. 4, p. 401-405, 2007-12-00. |
| Abstract | |
BACKGROUND: P300 event-related potential has been used as an instrument to establish the diagnosis of several disorders as well as to assess therapeutic outcomes. AIM: to investigate the relationship between stuttering amelioration and cerebral activity. METHOD: P300 event-related potentials were obtained in three adult males, all stutterers, aged 20 to 31 years, pre and post-treatment, verifying changes in wave amplitude and latency between waves. RESULTS: results indicate a significant positive correlation between the reduction in the percentage of stuttered syllables and the improvement in wave amplitude for the right ear. CONCLUSION: stutterers can exhibit different patterns of interhemispheric activity with a tonal P300 task after undergoing a fluency-enhancing program. (AU) | |