• Ali Dehqan, Mehdi Bakhtiar, Sadegh Seif Panahi, and Hassan Ashayeri.
• Department of Speech Therapy, School of Paramedicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran. dehqan@zdmu.ac.ir
• Sao Paulo Med J. 2008 Jan 2; 126 (1): 293329-33.

Context And ObjectiveStuttering is a complex disease that influences occupational, social, academic and emotional achievements. The aim of this study was to correlate the stuttering severity index with speaking rates of mothers and children.Design And SettingCross-sectional study, at the child rehabilitation clinics of Tehran city.Methods35 pairs of mothers and their children who stuttered were studied. There were 29 boys and six girls, of mean age 8.5 years (range: 5.1-12.0). Speech samples from the mother-child pairs were audiotaped for approximately 15 minutes, until a reciprocal verbal interaction had been obtained. This sample was then analyzed in accordance with a stuttering severity index test and speaking rate parameters.ResultsThe research results outlined a significant relationship between the mothers speaking rate and their childrens stuttering severity.ConclusionThe results suggest that the mothers speaking rate should be incorporated in the assessment and treatment of stuttering.

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