%0 Journal Article
%T The impact of stuttering on quality of life of children and adolescents
%A Chun
%A Regina Yu Shon
%A Mendes
%A Carina Dantas
%A Yaruss
%A J Scott
%A Quesal
%A Robert W
%J Pr¨®-Fono Revista de Atualiza£¿£¿o Cient¨ªfica
%D 2010
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S0104-56872010000400035
%X background: understanding the experience of people who stutter, both in and out treatment, will lead to improved outcomes. aim: to investigate how stuttering affects the quality of life of children and adolescents who stutter. method: the overall assessment of the speaker's experience of stuttering - school-age (oases-s) was used to assess the impact of stuttering and the fluency profile protocol was used to stuttering severity. results: these age groups do experience moderate negative impact as measured by the oases-s. the results showed a tendency toward a positive correlation between severity and the impact of stuttering on quality of life. conclusion: a better understanding of the impact of stuttering in these age groups provides a needed guide for the development of stuttering treatments and treatment outcomes research.
%K speech
%K language and hearing sciences
%K quality of life
%K stuttering.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0104-56872010000400035&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en