[Fluency shaping with surface electromyography: a pilot study].
BACKGROUND
the use of a technological resource in fluency promotion.


OBJECTIVE
to verify the effectiveness of a stuttering treatment based on the use of surface electromyography (SEMG) exclusively.


METHODS
participants were four stuttering adults of both genders. Assessment, pre and post-treatment, consisted of a speech gathering session and the analyses of the rest tension and of the reaction time for speech. Treatment consisted of twelve twenty minute training sessions monitored by SEMG.


RESULTS
there was a statistically significant reduction in the number of stuttering-like disfluencies (p = 0.094) and in the number of other disfluencies (p = 0.014). The other parameters, as well as differences in the electromyographic measurements, did not present significant variation.


CONCLUSIONS
SEMG proved to be effective in the reduction of stuttering, with no need of association to other techniques.
Furquim de Andrade
Claudia Regina
CR
Departamento de Fisioterapia, Fonoaudiologia e Terapia Ocupacional, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo. clauan@usp.br
Sassi
Fernanda Chiarion
FC
Juste
Fabiola Staróbole
FS
Ercolin
Beatriz
B
D000328:Adult; D004576:Electromyography / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011930:Reaction Time; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D013342:Stuttering / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome