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[Dysarthria: a speech rate study]
Carolina Rotta Oliveira1, Karin Zazo Ortiz, Marilena Manno Vieira
1Fonoaudióloga, Especialista em Distúrbios da Comunicação Humana pela Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina. carolinarotta@uol.com.br
Background:
speech rate in dysarthric patients.
Aim:
to obtain an objective measure of the speech rate of dysarthric patients during the reading of a standardized text and during spontaneous speech.
Method:
eleven subjects, with ages ranging from 18 to 69 years, were studied. For each dysarthric patient, 3 normal individuals of the same gender and age were evaluated, composing the control group. The speech samples were collected based on a reading of a standardized text and on a two minute conversation. Speech rate was analyzed in terms of words per minute.
Results:
the analysis of the results demonstrated that in both situations of speech, the dysarthric group presented a statistically significant slower speech rate than the control group.
Conclusion:
the values of speech rate obtained in this study do not agree with other studies carried out in the English language.
