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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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Dworzynski, Katharina; Remington, Anna; Rijsdijk, Fruhling; Howell, Peter; Plomin, Robert – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2007
Purpose: The contribution of genetic factors in the persistence of and early recovery from stuttering was assessed. Method: Data from the Twins Early Development Study were employed. Parental reports regarding stuttering were collected at ages 2, 3, 4, and 7 years, and were used to classify speakers into recovered and persistent groups. Of 12,892…
Descriptors: Twins, Stuttering, Genetics, Etiology