title: Brazilian version of the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering - Adults protocol (OASES-A).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To verify the applicability of the protocol Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering - Adults (OASES-A), translated into Brazilian Portuguese, in a sample of adults who stutter.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Brazilian Portuguese version of the OASES-A protocol was individually applied to 18 people who stutter. The classification of stuttering severity was based on the Stuttering Severity Instrument for Children and Adults (SSI-3) protocol. Translation and back-translation processes were carried out by specialists, considering semantic, conceptual, cultural, and idiomatic equivalences.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no correlation between the severity degrees of stuttering assessed by the SSI-3 protocol and the self-assessment performed using the OASES-A. Subjects reported impairments in perceived fluency; speech ability; level of knowledge about stuttering and treatment options; use of confrontational techniques; quality of life. They also mentioned having difficulty coping with emotional states such as anxiety and embarrassment, and with communication in daily situations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The OASES-A protocol is useful in the assessment and treatment of stutterers, as it provides specialized speech-language pathologists with sutterers' self-perception regarding their communication difficulties and the impact of stuttering on their quality of life.
authors: Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP – São Paulo (SP), Brazil. eliane_bragatto@hotmail.com
authors: Eliane Lopes
authors: EL
authors: Bragatto
authors: Ellen
authors: E
authors: Osborn
authors: J Scott
authors: JS
authors: Yaruss
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Quesal
authors: Ana Maria
authors: AM
authors: Schiefer
authors: Brasília Maria
authors: BM
authors: Chiari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D059026:Diagnostic Self Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013342:Stuttering / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014175:Translating