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Hilger, Allison I.; Zelaznik, Howard; Smith, Anne – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2016
Purpose: Stuttering involves a breakdown in the speech motor system. We address whether stuttering in its early stage is specific to the speech motor system or whether its impact is observable across motor systems. Method: As an extension of Olander, Smith, and Zelaznik (2010), we measured bimanual motor timing performance in 115 children: 70…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Evidence, Developmental Disabilities, Stuttering
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Smith, Anne; Goffman, Lisa; Sasisekaran, Jayanthi; Weber-Fox, Christine – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2012
Stuttering is a disorder of speech production that typically arises in the preschool years, and many accounts of its onset and development implicate language and motor processes as critical underlying factors. There have, however, been very few studies of speech motor control processes in preschool children who stutter. Hearing novel nonwords and…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Language Impairments, Speech, Stuttering