title: [Dysarthria: a speech rate study].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  speech rate in dysarthric patients.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  to obtain an objective measure of the speech rate of dysarthric patients during the reading of a standardized text and during spontaneous speech.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the values of speech rate obtained in this study do not agree with other studies carried out in the English language.
authors.affiliation: Fonoaudióloga, Especialista em Distúrbios da Comunicação Humana pela Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina. carolinarotta@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Carolina Rotta
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Karin Zazo
authors.initials: KZ
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.forename: Marilena Manno
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Vieira
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010700:Phonetics; D011932:Reading; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013068:Speech Production Measurement