Speech disfluencies of preschool-age children who do and do not stutter

Highlights • We assessed fluency of conversational speech of 472 preschool-age children. • Preschool-age children's disfluency counts are not normally distributed. • Non-stuttered disfluencies can be used to augment talker group classification criteria. • Boys produce more non-stuttered disflue...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of communication disorders 2014-05, Vol.49 (Jun), p.25-41
Hauptverfasser:	Tumanova, Victoria, Conture, Edward G, Lambert, E. Warren, Walden, Tedra A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Case-Control Studies Child, Preschool Female Humans Logistic Models Male Models, Statistical Parental concern Parents - psychology Preschool-age children Psychiatry Sex Factors Speech disfluencies Speech Disorders - diagnosis Speech Production Measurement Stuttering Stuttering - complications Talker-group classification
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • We assessed fluency of conversational speech of 472 preschool-age children. • Preschool-age children's disfluency counts are not normally distributed. • Non-stuttered disfluencies can be used to augment talker group classification criteria. • Boys produce more non-stuttered disfluencies than girls. • Parental concern for stuttering is strongly associated with stuttered disfluency frequency.
ISSN:	0021-9924 1873-7994
DOI:	10.1016/j.jcomdis.2014.01.003