A fluência da fala na Síndrome de Down

Abstract

Objective: to characterize the fluency of the speech of subjects with Down syndrome regarding the typologies of disfluencies and frequency of ruptures. Methods: Eleven individuals with a Down syndrome diagnosis of both genders, with a chronological age between 6: 0 and 17:11 years (M=13,09) participated in the study. Therefore, the methodological stages of presentation of the research proposal to the parents / guardians were carried out; Application of the questionnaire; Semi-spontaneous speech sample collection; Transcription and analysis of speech samples; Application of the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the research; Database completion and descriptive statistical analysis of the results. Results: The continuity parameter of the speech fluency of subjects with Down syndrome was altered by the high frequency of ruptures. The most frequent disfluencies typical of stuttering were the repetitions of monosyllabic words and parts of words, and the other disfluencies with more occurrence were hesitations, repetitions of non-monosyllabic words and parts of the statement. Conclusion: The subjects with Down syndrome had a high frequency of speech ruptures, especially the typical stuttering dysfluencies, when compared to other disfluencies.