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Johnson, Kia N.; Karrass, Jan; Conture, Edward G.; Walden, Tedra – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether variations in disfluencies of young children who do (CWS) and do not stutter (CWNS) significantly change their talker group classification or diagnosis from stutterer to nonstutterer, and vice versa. Participants consisted of seventeen 3- to 5-year-old CWS and nine 3- to 5-year-old CWNS, with no…
Descriptors: Age, Stuttering, Preschool Children, Identification
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Pellowski, Mark W.; Conture, Edward G. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2002
A study investigated speech disfluency and stuttering behaviors in 3- and 4-year old children who do (CWS, n=36) and do not (CWNS, n=36) stutter. Four out of 5 measures significantly differed between groups. Within the CWS group there was a significant relationship between stuttering onset and percentage of stuttering-like disfluencies. (Contains…
Descriptors: Age, Communication Disorders, Individual Characteristics, Performance Factors
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Arnold, Hayley S.; Conture, Edward G.; Ohde, Ralph N. – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2005
The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of phonological neighborhood density on the speech reaction time (SRT) and errors of children who do and do not stutter during a picture-naming task. Participants were nine 3-5-year-old children who stutter (CWS) matched in age and gender to nine children who do not stutter (CWNS). Initial…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Stuttering, Phonology, Educational Objectives