title: Comparison of pausing behavior in children who stutter and children who have Asperger syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this research was to compare the number and types of grammatical and non-grammatical silent pauses presented by stutterers and subjects with Asperger syndrome in their narratives.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ten children who stutter and four participants with Asperger syndrome (mean ages of both groups 10 years) were assessed at the Speech and Language Disorders Department of the Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Brasil. They narrated a story based on a pre-selected sequence of pictures. They were filmed and their productions were analyzed using version 5.0.47 of Praat (http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/download_win.html). Silent intervals in the speech that ranged from 0.25 to 4s were considered pauses. The pauses were classified as grammatical and non-grammatical, depending on the words that preceded and followed them.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both groups presented grammatical and non-grammatical pauses and the former predominated. The children with Asperger syndrome produced a greater number of pauses than the stutterers.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The reader will be able to: (1) characterize the use of pauses in the oral narrative; (2) distinguish a grammatical pause from a non-grammatical pause regarding the use and function; (3) recognize the pattern of pause found in the two populations.
authors: Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil. jessicabeltrame85@gmail.com
authors: Jessica Monique
authors: JM
authors: Beltrame
authors: Renata Alves Torello
authors: RA
authors: Viera
authors: Ana Carina
authors: AC
authors: Tamanaha
authors: Cláudia Fassin
authors: CF
authors: Arcuri
authors: Ellen
authors: E
authors: Osborn
authors: Jacy
authors: J
authors: Perissinoto
authors: Ana Maria
authors: AM
authors: Schiefer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D020817:Asperger Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011578:Psycholinguistics; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D013342:Stuttering / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D014741:Video Recording