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Relationship between speech rate and speech disruption in cluttering Relação entre taxa de elocução e descontinuidade da fala na taquifemia Purpose: To correlate speech rate and speech disruptions in individuals who clutter, and to compare with individuals who do not clutter. Methods: Participants were 14 individuals with ages between 8 and 40 years and 11 months, of both genders, divided into two groups paired by age and gender. GI was composed by seven individuals who clutter, and GII by seven individuals who do not clutter. The Speech Fluency Assessment Pro-tocol was used to gather and analyze the speech samples, considering the frequency of speech disruptions and the speech rate. Results: Data indicated that the greater the rate of syllables and words per minute, the greate